gunning for

gunning for something

trying to achieve something Students gunning for admission to one of the top colleges often believe their test scores are the most important thing.

trying to hurt or defeat someone Now that we're the champions, everybody's going to be gunning for us.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of gunning for someone (to try to find someone so you can shoot them)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BẢO	-	Vietnamese
Marjeta	-	Slovene
JÁNos	YAH-nosh	Hungarian
BogusŁAwa	baw-guw-SWAH-vah	Polish
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Pualani	-	Hawaiian