run for it en · VERB
Meanings
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(informal) To escape from danger by running; to flee.
Quick! We'd better run for it! Someone is coming.
`Run for it!' I shouted, setting the example by starting up the cave as hard as my legs would carry me.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ran for it | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| running for it | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| runs for it | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| run for it | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
ru драть (escape) · pl zwiać (escape) · ru рвать ко́гти (escape) · sv lägga benen på ryggen (escape) · pl zwiewać (escape)