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buck for

buck for verb: to strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).

Verb

buck for (third-person singular simple present bucks for, present participle bucking for, simple past and past participle bucked for)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).

Forms of buck for

third-person singular presentbucks for
present participlebucking for
past participlebucked for
pastbucked for

Questions about buck for

What does buck for mean?
Buck for means to strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).
What part of speech is buck for?
Buck for is a verb.
What is the past tense of buck for?
The past tense of buck for is bucked for.

Words near buck for in the dictionary

  1. buck fence
  2. buck fences
  3. buck fever
  4. buck fifties
  5. buck fifty
  6. buck for
  7. buck general
  8. buck generals
  9. buck hoist
  10. buck hoists
  11. Buck House

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