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set sights
set your sights (on doing something)
also have your sights set (on doing something) to decide what you want to get or achieve something I think they set their sights too high – they'll never find someone for the job who has all those skills. Once she sets her sights on something, she won't stop until she gets it. I hear she has her sights set on becoming a journalist.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Akilina | | - | Russian |
Nimat | | - | Arabic |
Mnason | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek |
Diomedes | | die-ə-MEE-deez (English) | Greek Mythology |
Wigburg | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Bet | | BET (Limburgish) | Frisian, Limburgish |