"run for the hills" meaning in English

See run for the hills in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-run for the hills.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs for the hills [present, singular, third-person], running for the hills [participle, present], ran for the hills [past], run for the hills [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> for the hills}} run for the hills (third-person singular simple present runs for the hills, present participle running for the hills, simple past ran for the hills, past participle run for the hills)
  1. (idiomatic) To flee. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: run for your life Translations (to flee): sich in Sicherheit bringen (German), abhauen [colloquial] (German), machen, dass man wegkommt (German), auf und davon laufen (German)
    Sense id: en-run_for_the_hills-en-verb-KCyqqnf- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run for the hills meaning in English (1.7kB)

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