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gun for
verb
to search for in order to reprimand, punish, or kill
to try earnestly for
he was gunning for promotion
Idioms and Phrases
Pursue relentlessly so as to overcome or destroy. For example, He was sure they were gunning for him and asked for police protection , or The senator felt that the reporters were gunning for him with that article about his brother . [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Go after in earnest, try hard to obtain. For example, He's been gunning for a raise all year . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
The starting gun for the first heat had gone off more than four hours earlier, and new heats were heading out every hour on the hour.
Video from the body-worn cameras of several responding officers was obstructed by a fence around Lauren’s yard; officers could be heard yelling at Lauren to drop her gun for several minutes.
She also alleged that he asked her to buy a gun for him, as he could not, given his arrest record.
In every season of “Reacher,” Alan Ritchson’s retired military investigator doesn’t gun for anyone who doesn’t deserve it.
Underlining the occupational hazards awaiting Iman, he has been issued a gun for his protection.
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