run for it
Example Sentences
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They spent four months in basic training and then were sent to the front in Karen state - one night, on their way to get washed, they decided to make a run for it.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
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
Second-stringers Siale Taupaki and Sitiveni Havili Kaufusi also regularly clogged things up during practice, giving the Bruins reason to believe their opponents won’t be able to make much of a run for it this season.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 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
If only she might climb that moonlight like a ladder and make a run for it!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
