Ladder repositioned to short fire escape, hopefully (3,3,2)
I believe the answer is:
run for it
'escape hopefully' is the definition.
'run for it' can be an answer for 'escape' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'hopefully' bit.
'ladder repositioned to short fire' is the wordplay.
'ladder' becomes 'run' (both can mean a tear in tights).
'repositioned' is an anagram indicator.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'fire' with its last letter taken off is 'fir'.
'to'+'fir'='tofir'
'tofir' is an anagram of 'forit'.
'run'+'forit'='RUN FOR IT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for run for it that I've seen before include "scat!" , "Try to escape" , "Not slow" , "Scarper!" , "Attempt to escape" .)