(be) out for to do something

(be) out for to do something
be out for sth/to do sth idiom
to be trying to get or do sth

I'm not out for revenge.

She's

out for what she can get (= trying to get something for herself)

.

The company is out to capture the Canadian market.

Main entry:outidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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