"buck for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bucks for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucking for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucked for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucked for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "buck for (third-person singular simple present bucks for, present participle bucking for, simple past and past participle bucked for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-buck_for-en-verb-NBGMqqoe",
      "links": [
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "persistent",
          "persistent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "buck"
        },
        {
          "word": "buck general"
        },
        {
          "word": "buck private"
        },
        {
          "word": "buck up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-buck for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/En-au-buck_for.ogg/En-au-buck_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/En-au-buck_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buck for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bucks for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucking for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucked for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucked for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "buck for (third-person singular simple present bucks for, present participle bucking for, simple past and past participle bucked for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "buck"
    },
    {
      "word": "buck general"
    },
    {
      "word": "buck private"
    },
    {
      "word": "buck up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "persistent",
          "persistent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-buck for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/En-au-buck_for.ogg/En-au-buck_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/En-au-buck_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buck for"
}