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run for it
Also, run for one's life. Depart as fast as possible, either to escape danger or to reach something quickly. For example, You'd better run for it before the teacher catches you, or The bully is coming after you—run for your life! The for it in the first term almost certainly means “for one's life”—that is, to save one's life, a usage that can be literal or hyperbolic. Also see for dear life; make a break for it.
Example Sentences
It was an homage to Joe Manchin, a man who left the Democratic Party and did not win when his senate seat last came up reelection—so poor was his polling that he declined to even run for it.
In an interview with the BBC before the latest killings, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the GHF plan showed "utter disregard for civilians. Can you imagine people who have been absolutely desperate for food, for medicine for almost three months, and then they have to basically run for it or try to get it in the most desperate circumstances?"
“That was the first moment I thought, should I run for it? But it wasn’t an option, so I just stayed — and that’s the moment I realized I should just do whatever they say.”
After biting and kicking Whitfield, she was able to get free, grab her son and make a run for it.
He told the news service that his friend was driving when they saw the “red and blue lights” of the CHP squad car and the driver “decided just to run for it.”
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