"set one's sights" meaning in English

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      "form": "set one's sights",
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      "form": "set one's sights",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "to set one's sights high",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984 October 30, “Pocket of Atlanta Fights Developers”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-08-01",
          "text": "Spurred by a real estate boom in which houses that sold for $15,000 just six years ago now sell for upwards of $150,000, the developers have set their sights on Cabbagetown.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 November 1, Steve Rosenbush, “Is a Google-Clear Channel deal at hand?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2015-08-01",
          "text": "Google, known for its cutting-edge Internet software, may be setting its sights on the low-tech radio market.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 June 27, “Blair Campaigns for Climate Action”, in Time, retrieved 2015-08-01",
          "text": "Blair has also set his sights on solving another insolvable problem during his retirement: climate change.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To give one's close attention to, especially as a goal, objective, or other object of special interest."
      ],
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          "attention",
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          "goal",
          "goal"
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          "objective",
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        "(transitive with on) To give one's close attention to, especially as a goal, objective, or other object of special interest."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "set sights"
        }
      ],
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        "with-on"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "set one's sights",
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    },
    {
      "form": "set one's sights",
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          "text": "to set one's sights high",
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        {
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          "text": "Spurred by a real estate boom in which houses that sold for $15,000 just six years ago now sell for upwards of $150,000, the developers have set their sights on Cabbagetown.",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 June 27, “Blair Campaigns for Climate Action”, in Time, retrieved 2015-08-01",
          "text": "Blair has also set his sights on solving another insolvable problem during his retirement: climate change.",
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        "(transitive with on) To give one's close attention to, especially as a goal, objective, or other object of special interest."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "set sights"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set one's sights"
}