run for it

VERB

fly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break disappear run take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond avoid bolt clear decamp hide hightail skedaddle skip

WEAK

clear out cut and run get away hasten away light out make a getaway make a quick exit make off run from steal away take flight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

remain stay

STRONG

confront face

WEAK

arrive obey

VERB

make off

Synonyms

WEAK

abscond bolt clear cut and run decamp depart escape fly go leave make away quit retire run run off scamper scoot skedaddle skip withdraw

Antonyms

WEAK

stay wait

Example Sentences

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Instead of making a run for it, he resolves to hunker down until the heat is off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

"When you see that space you’ve got to run for it," he added.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Evolutionarily, triggering the sympathetic nervous system or “fight or flight” response was helpful for survival when human beings were threatened by wild animals or needed to make a run for it.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2024

Lawmakers and police officers argued inside about whether to run for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

If they started to do that, she’d have to run for it, and she was pretty sure she couldn’t move fast enough.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

run for it

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