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set sights

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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.

See also: set, sight