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Synonyms

shoot for

Idioms  

  1. Strive or aim for, as in We're shooting for higher production by spring. This term, alluding to aiming at something with a weapon, has largely replaced the earlier shoot at, which dates from the 1400s.

Example Sentences

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But if you shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars—or however the saying goes.

From Barron's

The shoot for the upcoming movie Operation Fortitude would have involved draping the building in flags bearing the swastika.

From BBC

US actor Angelina Jolie revealed her double mastectomy scars in a photo shoot for Time France, in the magazine's first French edition that launched this week.

From Barron's

A meritocracy sets a standard, posits an ideal, gives the more ambitious people in a society something to look up to and to shoot for.

From The Wall Street Journal

I just did a shoot for Vevo and I wore my own clothes, didn’t really spend much time on my appearance.

From Los Angeles Times

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