out for, be

1

Be intent on, want, as in The management is mostly out for bigger growth in sales. [c. 1900]

2

out for blood. Intent on revenge, ready to fight with someone, as in When Tom heard they'd outbid him, he was out for blood. This hyperbolic term uses blood in the sense of “bloodshed” or “violent confrontation.” Also see go out for.

Words nearby out for, be

out and away, out at the elbows, out back, out cold, out for the count, out for, be, out from under, out front, out in left field, out in the cold, out in the open