buck for something

in. to work ambitiously for something, such as a promotion. You can tell she’s bucking for promotion.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yussel	-	Yiddish
Marielle	-	French
&Aelig;Thelwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Taguhi	-	Armenian
Lucius	LOO:-ki-uws (Ancient Roman), LOO-shəs (English), LOO-see-əs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Dewey	['dju:i]