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Phrase(s): run for something 1. to travel quickly by running to a place of safety. • The picnickers ran for the shelter when the rain started to fall. • Tom and Jane ran for the house as soon as they heard your call. 2. to try to be elected to a particular office. • Who’s going to run for president? • I am running for mayor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs