make a break for it

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to run towards sth in order to try and escape

   Out there in the dark, make a break for it.

   Maybe if I start something, you can make a break for it.

In the movies · 3

• Out there in the dark, make a break for it.Key Largo1948
• Maybe if I start something, you can make a break for it.Saboteur1942
• We can take them by surprise, if we all suddenly made a break for it.Take the Money and Run1969
• or trying to make a break for it, you will be shot.The Longest Yard2005
• If we can find a boat we can make a break for it.The Menu2022
• They can make and break kings.Black Widow2021
• Davos in the desert is the make or break part of Vision 2030.The Dissident2020
• I thought it might make a break from this perpetual housework.Mary Reilly1996

Learn it in full scenes

• The Menu2022
  • Guests Board the Boat to Hawthorn
  • Tyler Explains Why Chefs Are Artists
  • Slowik Serves the Island Course

From the same entry

• break away
• break down
• break down
• break for
• break in
• break in
• break in
• break into
• break off
• break off
• break out
• break out

More slang

• show's over
• game on
• saddle up
• keep it moving
• walk it off
• get it up
• a bit on the side
• jack off
• get your knickers in a twist
• laugh it up
• tough break
• c'est la vie