'V for n' - Construction 6

Name: the aim for construction
Description: A person takes specific action to obtain something.
Verbs: advertise, aim, fish, panhandle, pitch, ply, queue, scrounge, tout, queue up; ring, send, send away, send off, send out
Example: …the yells of porters and traders all plying for business. (BNC)
Membership: target 'for'; action; abstract
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