See aim high on Wiktionary
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"text": "Near-synonyms: play big, think big"
},
{
"ref": "1914, Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record, page 314:",
"text": "In intellectual and moral matters we believe in having standards difficult of attainment, we cling even to standards which no one has ever yet attained; we prefer the person who aims high if only to fail: we definitely allow for the mishaps of the young and inexperienced and sympathetically help them to their feet.",
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"To set very ambitious goals for oneself."
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"(figuratively) To set very ambitious goals for oneself."
],
"related": [
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"word": "reach for the stars"
},
{
"word": "shoot for the moon"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"word": "olla suuret odotukset"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"word": "tähdätä korkealle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"word": "viser haut"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mierzyć wysoko"
}
]
}
],
"word": "aim high"
}
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"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"word": "olla suuret odotukset"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set ambitious goals",
"word": "tähdätä korkealle"
},
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"word": "viser haut"
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"word": "aim high"
}
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