lower one's sights

Reduce one's goals or aspirations, as in Once he got the job I'd applied for, I had to lower my sights. This expression alludes to taking aim through the sights of a firearm. Also see raise one's sights; set one's sights on. [Second half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Love	[lʌv]
Dagmar	DAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Llywelyn	li-WEL-in	Welsh
ÓRfhlaith	OR-la	Irish
Epaphras	EP-ə-fras (English)	Biblical, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Alim	-	Arabic, Uyghur