run for it

verb

To escape from danger by running; to flee.

“Quick! We'd better run for it! Someone is coming.”

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Meanings

verbrun for it (third-person singular simple present runs for it, present participle running for it, simple past ran for it, past participle run for it)

present singular third person runs for it · participle present running for it · past ran for it

  1. informalTo escape from danger by running; to flee.

    Quick! We'd better run for it! Someone is coming.

    1 more example

    `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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
flee

Translations

Polish zwiewać, zwiać
  • zwiewaćescape
  • zwiaćescape
Russian рвать ко́гти, драть
  • рвать ко́гти (rvatʹ kógti)escape
  • драть (dratʹ)escape
Swedish lägga benen på ryggen
  • lägga benen på ryggenescape
Cite this entry
APA

run for it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20for%20it

MLA

“run for it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20for%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run for it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20for%20it.

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