"run for it" meaning in English

See run for it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: runs for it [present, singular, third-person], running for it [participle, present], ran for it [past], run for it [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> for it}} run 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)
  1. (informal) To escape from danger by running; to flee. Tags: informal Translations (escape): рвать ко́гти (rvatʹ kógti) [imperfective] (Russian), драть (dratʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), lägga benen på ryggen (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run for it meaning in English (1.6kB)

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