shoot for

Meaning

1. shoot for sth

   to try to achieve or get sth, especially sth difficult

   We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.

In the movies · 585

• Why don't you guys shoot for it.Front of the Class2008
• I'll shoot for the queen, and you ...Unforgiven1992
• Oh, shoot, shoot, shoot.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
• And another. And another. And shoot! Shoot! Shoot!Uncut Gems2019
• Go ahead. Shoot for it, you fucking idiot.Manchester by the Sea2016
• It was a photo shoot for Time Out.The Trip2011
• Shoot it! Shoot it!Men in Black: International2019
• - Shoot! - Shoot!The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's
• Uncut Gems2019
  • Collectors Come to Howard's Showroom
  • Howard and Dinah Fight Then Make Up
  • Kevin Garnett Shops for Jewelry
• The Trip2011
  • Steve and Rob Set Off
  • Steve and Rob Share a Room
  • The Michael Caine Impression Duel

From the same entry

• be shot of
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel
• shoot the breeze
• shoot from the hip
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot it out
• shoot the messenger
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot the rapids
• shoot down
• shoot off