I'm just bucking for recognition and, of course, a 20 percent raise.
•You can tell by her attention to the boss that she's bucking for promotion.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
buck for something — in. to work ambitiously for something, such as a promotion. □ I’m just bucking for recognition, and of course, a 20 percent raise. □ You can tell she’s bucking for promotion … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
buck for — [phrasal verb] buck for (something) US, informal : to try very hard or work very hard to get (something) He is bucking for a promotion at work. • • • Main Entry: ↑buck … Useful english dictionary
buck for — PHRASAL VERB If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it. [AM] [V P n] She is bucking for a promotion … English dictionary
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buck — buck1 S1 [bʌk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dollar)¦ 2 the buck stops here 3 pass the buck 4¦(animal)¦ 5 feel/look like a million bucks 6¦(man)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1,4; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from buckskin; because it was used as a unit of exchange in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
buck — buck1 [ bʌk ] noun count ** 1. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL a dollar: You can get the batteries for a few bucks at any drugstore. 2. ) bucks plural AMERICAN INFORMAL money: More and more bucks are being spent to achieve exactly the same ends. big bucks… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
buck — buck1 [buk] n. [ME bukke < OE bucca, male goat < IE base * bhuĝo > Ger bock, Du bok, Ir boc ] 1. pl. bucks or buck a male deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, etc.: see DOE ☆ 2. the act of bucking 3. a) … English World dictionary
buck-passing — buck ,passing noun uncount the practice of passing responsibility for something to someone else instead of dealing with it yourself … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
buck — [[t]bʌ̱k[/t]] bucks, bucking, bucked 1) N COUNT A buck is a US or Australian dollar. [INFORMAL] That would probably cost you about fifty bucks... Why can t you spend a few bucks on a coat?... This means big bucks for someone. Syn: dollar 2) N… … English dictionary
buck — 1 noun (C) 1 MONEY AmE, AustE informal a dollar: He owes me ten bucks. | big bucks (=a lot of money) | make a fast buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 2 pass the buck to try to blame someone else or make them responsible for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
buck — I UK [bʌk] / US noun [countable] Word forms buck : singular buck plural bucks 1) mainly American informal a dollar 2) bucks [plural] American informal money More and more bucks are being spent to achieve exactly the same ends. See: big bucks 3)… … English dictionary
