How to Use make a run for it in a Sentence

make a run for it

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• And then make a run for it downstairs to pop on his father’s college highlights.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Jan. 2022
• Without a gun to defend himself, Frankie tries to make a run for it, only to be shot down in the back.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 4 Oct. 2021
• Their patron saint is Joseph of Cupertino, the go-to guy for dunces who’ll make a run for it across a four-lane highway.
  — Paul Muldoon, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Several witnesses were trying to catch Duke, but the scared pup decided to make a run for it instead and jumped off the overpass onto Dickinson Avenue.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
• Upon trying to exit the stadium, they're spotted by the gangster brothers of Ari (Billy Zane), who Kid previously strangled to death, and make a run for it.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2021