to set one's sights
1set one's sights on — ► set one s sights on hope strongly to achieve or reach. Main Entry: ↑sight …
2set one's sights on — ASPIRE TO, aim at/for, try for, strive for/towards, work towards. → sight * * * set one s sights on To aim for (eg a specified goal) • • • Main Entry: ↑sight * * * have as an ambition; hope strongly to achieve or reach Katherine set her sights on …
3set one's sights — {v. phr.} 1. To want to reach; aim for. * /John has set his sights higher than the job he has now./ 2. To wish to get or win. * /Owen set his sights on the championship./ …
4set one's sights — {v. phr.} 1. To want to reach; aim for. * /John has set his sights higher than the job he has now./ 2. To wish to get or win. * /Owen set his sights on the championship./ …
5set\ one's\ sights — v. phr. 1. To want to reach; aim for. John has set his sights higher than the job he has now. 2. To wish to get or win. Owen set his sights on the championship …
6set one's sights on — she set her sights on a teaching career Syn: aspire to, aim at/for, try for, strive for/toward, work toward …
7set one's sights on — phrasal to determine to pursue …
8set one's sights on — hope strongly to achieve or reach. → sigh for …
9one's sights — To set oneself a more (or less) ambitious target ● sight …
10raise one's sights — {v. phr.} To aim high; be ambitious. * /Teenage boys sometimes think too much of themselves and have a tendency to raise their sights too high./ …
