gunning for (something)

trying to achieve something.

Students gunning for admission to one of the top colleges often believe their test scores are the most important thing.

• make a big thing out of
• make a big thing out of something
• make a case for
• make a case for doing something
• make a case for something
• make a clean breast of it
• make a [day/night/weekend etc.] of it
• make a day of it
• make a dent in
• make a dent in something
• make a difference
• make a face
• make a face at
• make a face at someone
• make a face at something
• make a fast buck
• make a federal case of
• make a federal case of something
• make a federal case out of
• make a federal case out of something
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• make a good fist of
• make a good fist of doing something
• make a good fist of something