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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