make a run for it

Example Sentences

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Zac Steele, Troup County’s emergency management director, said the storm damaged the enclosures, allowing the tigers an opportunity to make a run for it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

The brothers decided to make a run for it with their families—and their most precious specimens.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

I think in his mind the Nazis were going to come again and he wanted to have a kit ready in case we had to make a run for it.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2019

Abdullahi suggested that he could make a run for it out of the building.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2017

I can make a run for it and then text Tats from across the street to see what’s going on.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali