run for it

Example Sentences

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If only she might climb that moonlight like a ladder and make a run for it!

From Literature

He’d make a run for it if he had to.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Over the years, pursuit suspects have tried to evade police by driving into parking garages or into Los Angeles International Airport, where there are flight restrictions for news choppers, or trying to run for it.

From Los Angeles Times