单词 | to run for it |
释义 | > as lemmasto run for it (b) to run for it: to take to flight, to flee; = sense 7a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee fleec825 afleeeOE atrina1000 atfleec1000 to run awayOE to turn to or into flighta1225 to turn the ridgec1225 atrenc1275 atshakec1275 to give backa1300 flemec1300 startc1330 to take (on oneself) the flighta1500 to take the back upon oneselfa1500 fly1523 to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530 to flee one's way1535 to take to one's heels1548 flought?1567 fuge1573 to turn taila1586 to run off1628 to take flighta1639 refugea1641 to run for it1642 to take leg1740 to give (also take) leg-bail1751 bail1775 sherry1788 to pull foot1792 fugitate1830 to tail off (out)1830 to take to flight1840 to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845 guy1879 to give leg (or legs)1883 rabbit1887 to do a guy1889 high-tail1908 to have it on one's toes1958 1642 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 306 My Lord of Stamford..made them run for it, and took their arms away. 1662 R. Codrington tr. G. Ruggle Ignoramus iv. vii. sig. O2 I would have found you out sieras super faciem terre, If you were upon the Face of the Earth Sirrah; and therefore why did you run for it? a1713 A. Pitcairne Assembly (1722) v. ii. 92 O Lord! O Lord! What shall I do now? I am resolved I'll run for it, and leave that Raskal in the Lurch. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xlvii. 236 They were surprised by a sudden shower of rain..: No shelter: They were forced to run for it towards a distant tree. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xv. 139 They..pelted Miss Augusta so vigorously, that she and her dogs were obliged to run for it. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxx. 254 We'll run for it like antelopes. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 134 ‘Then if the shells pitch too near we can slip the cable and run for it.’ ‘Right-oh!’ said the captain. 1960 J. W. Bellah Sergeant Rutledge v. 20 He ran for it and made the corner of the old storage cistern just as Cantrell's horse train pulled in. 1999 I. Rankin Dead Souls ii. 14 He ran for it when he saw me. < as lemmas |
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