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jostle for sth

Phrasal Verb with jostle
 
 
/ˈdʒɒsl/ verb [I, T]

Definition

to try hard to get something: Thousands of companies are jostling for business on the Internet.
(Definition of jostle for sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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