Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bat for both sides

to head for / to go in pursuit for

Doomed; without hope of recovery.

(idiomatic) To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.

simple past tense and past participle of ask for it

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ask for it

(idiomatic) useless; worthless

(idiomatic) Irrevocably committed to something. / (idiomatic) In trouble.

The desired outcome may not be as desirable once it has been attained.

(rhetorical, often humorous or ironic) Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.