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Gun for

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  1. 1
    To strive for the downfall or diminution of another. transitive

    "He has been gunning for her since the day he arrived, he wants her job."

  2. 2
    To pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve. transitive

    "In the early 1990s Starbucks was gunning for two thousand stores by 2000."

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