for it en · ADP
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In order to attain some implied goal.
run for it
And then, tenebrously, his mind whispered: Do it anyway. Put her down and swim for it. But he did not, could not. An awful guilt rose in him at the thought.
1982, Stephen King, The Raft:make a break for it
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(UK) Facing punishment, as for a misdeed.
You broke the window! Now you're for it!
Jesus Christ, thought Bond. We're for it. He braced his muscles to take the crashing, searing pain, edged Solitaire further above him to protect her from the worst of it.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Terror By The Sea”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 237:
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Corresponding in volume.
(all) the wiser for it
sure to hurt for it
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, it.
How much did you pay for it?
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pl o to (corresponding in volume) · ja それだけ (corresponding in volume) · ja その分 (corresponding in volume)