make a run for it | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toattempttoescape; toflee; torunaway.1824,George Soane,Pride Shall Have a Fall: A Comedy‎[1], London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., act 4, scene 2, page79:An explosion! All’s over—I have nothing to do but tomake a run for it.1886May 1 – July 31,Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks”, inKidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751:[…], London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published1886,→OCLC,page198:[W]e got ourselves at once in marching order, and began to slip from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our bellies in the shade, nowmaking a run for it, heart in mouth.1946,Mervyn Peake, “Prunesquallor’s Knee-Cap”, inTitus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:Nannie Slagg, terrified at this suggestion, raised her little bony hands to her mouth and raised her shoulders to her ears. Then she gave one frightened look down the passage and was about tomake a run for it[...]; (idiomatic)Torunso as toavoidbeinglate.1857,Thomas Hughes,Tom Brown’s School Days‎[2], Part 2, Chapter 6:[...] he began to go over in his mind the many occasions on which he had heard that toll coming faintly down the breeze, and had to pack his rod in a hurry andmake a run for it, to get in before the gates were shut.1964,John Nathan(translator),A Personal MatterbyKenzaburō Ōe, New York: Grove Press, 1969, Chapter 5, p. 83,In the depths of his body, Bird felt the beginning of an irrepressible and certain crisis. [...] Could he make it in time if he charged in that direction? But how much better to ride the crisis out without having tomake a run for it.

Examples:

EN: He'll make a run for it.
ES: Va a escapar corriendo.
EN: We'll have to make a run for it.
ES: - ¡Hay que salir de aquí como sea!
EN: - We'd better make a run for it.
ES: - Será mejor que huyamos.
EN: We gotta make a run for it.
ES: Nosotros nos piramos.
EN: Let me get it and cover you while you make a run for it.
ES: Iré a buscarla y te cubriré mientras tú corres.
EN: We'll cross the river and make a run for it.
ES: Cruzaremos el río y escaparemos.
EN: - What do we do, make a run for it?
ES: - ¿Qué hacemos? ¿Corremos?
EN: I've got to make a run for it, give me the keys to your car.
ES: Tengo que irme, dame las llaves del coche.
EN: Let's forget about the boat, and make a run for it while we still got the chance.
ES: Huyamos sin bote mientras podamos.
EN: Blast my way to the car and make a run for it.
ES: - Ir hasta el coche y huir.
EN: - Chief, let's make a run for it.
ES: Jefe, hay que largarse pitando.
EN: I'm going to make a run for it.
ES: Voy a huir.
EN: Or we're going to shoot! Frank, let's make a run for it.
ES: ¡Salid con las manos en alto, o dispararemos!
EN: Alright, maybe I can make a run for it.
ES: - Bien, quizá lo consiga.
EN: We're gonna have to make a run for it.
ES: Tendremos que salir corriendo.

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