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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing run for | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
| English | Russian |
| give a run for someone's money | составить конкуренцию (VLZ_58) |
| give a run for someone's money | бросить вызов (VLZ_58) |
| give a run for someone's money | перещеголять (joyand) |
| give someone a run for someone's money | не уступать (Баян) |
| give a run for someone's money | достойно состязаться (I think only Liverpool will be able to give Manchester United a run for their money next season. VLZ_58) |
| give someone a run for someone's money | дать фору (Баян) |
| give somebody a run for their money | дать бой (compete very strongly against someone who is expected to win a competition: I think only Liverpool will be able to give Manchester United a run for their money next season.; кому-либо КГА) |
| make a run for it | сбежать ("Though he tried to make a run for it, Fujiwara was suddenly whisked off his feet and levitated to an orange-colored UFO hovering over a field outside."  bizarreandgrotesque.com ART Vancouver) |
| make a run for it | уносить ноги (Understandably curious about the object, the team proceeded to land the helicopter and investigate it up close. "We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears," Hutchings laughed, "then the rest of us make a run for it." Fortunately, the ten-to-12-foot tall rectangular metal object was not dangerous, though it was undoubtedly mysterious. – остальным придётся уносить ноги coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| run for one's life | бежать, высунув язык |
| run for the hills | броситься наутёк (SergeiAstrashevsky) |
| run for the hills | кинуться наутёк (SergeiAstrashevsky) |
| run for your life | Спасайся! (to run away to save one's life. The dam has burst! Run for your life! The captain told us all to run for our lives. never_mind) |
| run/duck for cover | уйти в кусты (to seek to avoid blame VLZ_58) |