SHOOT FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot for mean? 

• SHOOT FOR (verb)
  The verb SHOOT FOR has 1 sense:

1. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

  Familiarity information: SHOOT FOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOOT FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

aim; aspire; draw a bead on; shoot for

Hypernyms (to "shoot for" is one way to...):

be after; plan (have the will and intention to carry out some action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot for"):

overshoot (aim too high)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

A good shoot for you also, John!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)