Usually means: Strive or compete to obtain.
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  1. buck for, buck for (something): Merriam-Webster
  2. buck for: Wiktionary
  3. buck for: Dictionary.com
  4. buck for: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. buck for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. buck for: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buck for: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (buck for)

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

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