run for it
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
Hours after Mr Smith and the FBI's surveillance specialists went off shift, he said Mr San Diego made a run for it with detectives in pursuit.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
The party was set to nominate the first Black candidate for president and his very close primary competitor, Hillary Clinton, was the first woman to make a serious run for it.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024
In the music video, Gordon’s daughter, Coco Gordon Moore, is a young woman escaping the comforts of home through a bedroom window and making a run for it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
I considered breaking free and making a run for it.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
