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Usage: Head/Walk For. ""The alarm went off, and everyone headed (walked) for the exit."

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Usage: Head/Walk For

I have a question about the usage of "for" like this:

  1. "The alarm went off, and everyone headed for the exit."
  2. "The alarm went off, and everyone walked for the exit."

"Head for" in sentence 1 is standard English, with "for" meaning "toward". So, would sentence 2 work too with "walk for"?