Usually means: Aim to achieve or secure.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. gun for: Merriam-Webster
  2. gun for, gun for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gun for: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gun for: Wordnik
  5. gun for: Wiktionary
  6. gun for: Dictionary.com
  7. gun for: FreeDictionary.org
  8. gun for: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gun for: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gun for: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gun for: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (gun for)

verb:  (transitive) To strive for the downfall or diminution of another.
verb:  (transitive) To pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.

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