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RUN FOR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extend or continue for a certain period of time
Example:
The film runs 5 hours
Synonyms:
run; run for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "run for" is one way to...):
endure; last (persist for a specified period of time)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
I seen the doctor waving you to run for it—with the tail of my eye, I did; and I seen you say no, as plain as hearing.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was our duty to sail the Ghost well to leeward of the last lee boat, so that all the boats should have fair wind to run for us in case of squalls or threatening weather.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I should have leaped out and run for it if I had found the strength, but my limbs and heart alike misgave me.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
One jump, and you're out, and we'll run for it like antelopes.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
