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set sights on

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set one's sights on someone or something

Fig. to regard having someone or something as one's goal. He wanted a wife and he had set his sights on Alice. James set his sights on a law degree.

See also: on, set, sight

set your sights on something/doing something

to decide to achieve something She's set her sights on winning.

See set alarm bells ringing, set the ball rolling, put the cat among the pigeons, lay eyes on, put mind at rest, put in motion, put the record straight, put the seal on, be carved in stone, set tongues wagging

See also: on, set, sight

set (one's) sights on

To have as a goal: She set her sights on medical school.

See also: on, set, sight