swim for it

to escape by swimming. (See also run for it.) I escaped from the guard, dived into the river, and swam for it. Max swam for it, but he didn't get away.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Herodes	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Libena	-	Czech
Vanesa	-	Czech, Slovak
Ermentrud	ER-men-troot	German (Archaic)
Askey	['æski]
Alban	AHL-bahn (German), AL-bən (English)	German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)