to try to get something, for example a job or prize
to try to hurt someone or damage their reputation
He alone maintained a judicious calm, co-ordinating his spotters and waiting with the gun for the first boat's bow to cross the line.
He motioned with his gun for the Hardys to move out of the room ahead of him.
My mother gave me a package which she said contained a gun for my protection.
Waiting was waiting, and it was beginning to seem like all I'd done was load Jack Howard's gun for him.
guns for
gunning for
gunned for
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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