Usually means: Attempt to escape by sprinting.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. run for it: Merriam-Webster
  2. run for it: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run for it: Collins English Dictionary
  4. run for it: Wiktionary
  5. run for it: Dictionary.com
  6. run for it: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. run for it: Legal dictionary
  2. run for it: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run for it: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run for it: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run for it)

verb:  (informal) To escape from danger by running; to flee.

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