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run for it

run for it verb: to escape from danger by running; to flee.

Verb

run for it (third-person singular simple present runs for it, present participle running for it, simple past ran for it, past participle run for it)

  1. (informal) To escape from danger by running; to flee.
    • Quick! We'd better run for it! Someone is coming.
    • `Run for it!' I shouted, setting the example by starting up the cave as hard as my legs would carry me.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

run for it meaning in Malayalam

run for it in Malayalam

run, route, journey
ആപത്തിൽനിന്നു പലായനം ചെയ്യുക, വഴി, സഞ്ചാരപഥം, യാത്രാമാർഗ്ഗം, മാർഗ്ഗം, യാത്ര

Forms of run for it

third-person singular presentruns for it
present participlerunning for it
pastran for it
past participlerun for it

Questions about run for it

What does run for it mean?
Run for it means to escape from danger by running; to flee.
What is run for it in Malayalam?
Run for it in Malayalam is ആപത്തിൽനിന്നു പലായനം ചെയ്യുക, വഴി, സഞ്ചാരപഥം. See Run for it meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is run for it?
Run for it is a verb.
What is the past tense of run for it?
The past tense of run for it is ran for it.

Words near run for it in the dictionary

  1. run dry
  2. run errands
  3. run feast
  4. run feasts
  5. run for cover
  6. run for it
  7. run for one's life
  8. run for one's money
  9. run for the exercise
  10. run for the hills
  11. run for the money

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: run for it (page history and authors); run for it (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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