make for somewhere

make for somewhere
make for somewhere
to set out for somewhere; to run or travel to somewhere. •

Wilbur made for Philadelphia when he heard the police in the Big Apple were after him.

Barlowe made for the stairs, but two shots rang out, and he knew it was all over for Mary.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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