WordNet
v. extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" [syn: run]
Usage examples of "run for".
The people in the stands had been laughing, but then they stopped, and a lot of them tried to run for the exits.
Something in the tone or manner of the speaker affected Kirkland to disgust, for, spurning the offered hand, he uttered a cry and then, holding up his irons with his hands, he started to run for the water.
Get it away, keep it occupied, then wake the boy and have him make a run for the gun under her pillow.
You see anybody run for the train tracks, you keep out of their way.
That was why she'd run for cover, hoping to reach the protection of brick and concrete before the fire-fight began.
The storm continued to mount and, in our terror, we decided to run for the shelter.
I've heard that Argive Press managed to run for a while, but the price of copper went through the ceiling, and Egypt stopped exporting papyrus .
He can go to one of the wonderful schools run for blind children, and his gift for music will be developed to the utmost.
He waved again, hoisted the bag under his arm, and started to run for the shelter of some trees as, behind him, the spacecraft had already begun its ascent.
If I were the marrying kind, I'd give good old Randolph a run for his money.