Learn English – What’s the meaning of “ran for”

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I'm reading a Aesop's fable, The Kingdom of the Lion. I cannot understand the last sentence in the fable:

And after the Hare said this, he ran for his life.

What's the meaning of the phrase "ran for"?

Best Answer

"Run for" is not the applicable phrase. The parsing is [run] [for his life], that is, the Hare ran as if his life depended on it.

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