"lower one's sights" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lowers one's sights [present, singular, third-person], lowering one's sights [participle, present], lowered one's sights [participle, past], lowered one's sights [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lower one's sights (third-person singular simple present lowers one's sights, present participle lowering one's sights, simple past and past participle lowered one's sights)
  1. (idiomatic) to lower one's expectations and accept less than one was hoping for or striving toward Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-lower_one's_sights-en-verb-0U9j5xZJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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