run for it

Idioms and Phrases

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 .

Related Words

• break
• disappear
• run
• take off
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