run for one's life

Meaning: (literally)Torun awaydesperatelyfromdanger.1982,Iron Maiden,Run to the Hills:Run to the hills!Run for your life!2010, Irvin D. Yalom,Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death,→ISBN:Typically she would be awakened by a nightmare, very few of which she remembered, except for scraps involving being chased andrunning for her life.2013, Martin Duberman,The Martin Duberman Reader,→ISBN:Zipping up my fly, i ran out of the park, ran without stopping, panicked, hysterical,ran for my lifeback to my dorm room.December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, inTime‎[1]:Instead ofrunning for their lives, many Ukrainians grabbed whatever weapons they could find and ran to defend their towns and cities against an invading force armed with tanks and attack helicopters.; (idiomatic)To attempt toescapean extremelyunfavorableorunfortunatesituation.2007, Bj Binning,Circumstances,→ISBN, page 9:Isn't the dating period supposed to be the period where they are getting to know each other and they are supposed to be in a daze about each other? What is your problem, Bella?Run for your life!2011, Machicote,Life Trials,→ISBN, page 9:There are also times you mustrun for your lifeor be dragged away into “Dam! I Could of, I Should of, or If I would of land.2014, Amia Lieblich,Narratives of Positive Aging: Seaside Stories,→ISBN:A little voice, however, advised me: 'Run for your life, your place is on that beach.'2017,Jennifer S. Holland,For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]Yaki have just one natural predator, the reticulated python, but they have many enemies. Land clearers are pushing the monkeys around. Roadbuilders are hemming them in. And outlaw trappers have themrunning for their lives.

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