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The phrase "make a dash for it" is correct and usable in written English
This phrase means to quickly move or run somewhere, usually in a rush or panic. You can use it in situations when someone is trying to get away quickly, or move somewhere in a hurry. Example: When the alarm went off, the group quickly made a dash for it to escape the building.
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So I make a dash for it.
We decided to make a dash for it.
Irina suffered only minor injuries, and Guriyeva told her to make a dash for it.
The concert allowed Mr. Firth, the cabaret accompanist du jour, to cut loose and make a dash for it.
Remember that strange race in the Olympic velodrome in which the cyclists ride slowly along, looking over their shoulders, waiting for someone to make a dash for it?
As house-to-house fighting raged in the village outside, his platoon was ordered to mount some bicycles hanging from the ceiling and make a dash for it.
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After two false starts, we spotted a crease in traffic and made a dash for it.
According to some reports, the seven made a dash for it when Monis – also known as Sheikh Haron, but disowned by Sydney's Muslim community leaders – fell asleep.
Eventually, when the noise died down, the pair made a dash for it, taking refuge in a nearby restaurant for the rest of the night.
"Well, do you have an umbrella?" Before she had time to ask me any more, I had made a dash for it.
When I tried to "escape" the hotel one day by climbing out of my first-floor window with my towel over my shoulder, pretending to go for a swim and then making a dash for it, three of them chased me like an American football team and wrestled me to the ground.
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