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vb. (present participle of buck for English)
Usage examples of "bucking for".
But being an alert and clean-living type of girl who's always right in there polishing the apple and bucking for a raise, I'd probably go ahead and call the Norman Agency, since you're not here to do it.
I'm actually bucking for a junior counseling spot and Mistress Daneh thinks I can make it.
He'd thought about going ROTC and maybe bucking for an Army commission.
Some of the Firvulag shitfires were sure to be bucking for the empty champion slots—.
Some of the Firvulag shitfires were sure to be bucking for the empty champion slots-and Yeochee wanted to be there on the spot with the commendation if any of them came through.
Oh, I'm a deacon by courtesy, simply because I'm 'First Called' and Ninth Circle-but my actual progress is about Fourth Circle, bucking for Fifth.