| 单词 | to make a run for it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a run for (also †of) it c. An act of running away from a place or situation of danger. Chiefly in to make a run for (also †of) it: to run away; to flee (cf. to run for it at run v. Phrases 3a(b)). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away flemeOE flightc1175 fuge1436 fuite1499 fleec1560 fugacyc1600 tergiversationa1652 runaway1720 run1799 fugitation1823 skedaddling1863 skedaddle1870 lam1897 run-out1928 1799 Whole Proc. against Sackville Earl of Thanet 129 ‘He thought it fair that he (the prisoner) should have a run for it?’—a run, for what; Why, a run to elude justice! 1824 G. Soane Pride shall have Fall iv. ii. 69 All's over—I have nothing to do but to make a run for it. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 26 If I didn't know he was too fond of me to make a run of it, and..enter himself aboard ship. 1898 Argosy Sept. 306 If the worst comes to the worst, dash out and make a run for it. 1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery i. 8 The Russian who's made the approach..isn't the type of KGB operative one would expect to make a run for it. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxiii. 210 This was my chance to make a run for it, but the thought of the wolf's teeth ripping chunks off my flesh made me lose the bottle. < as lemmas |
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