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Meaning of "set one's sights on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SET ONE'S SIGHTS ON

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SET ONE'S SIGHTS ON

set in
set menu
set off
set on
set on foot
set one´s cap for
set one´s face against
set one´s hand to
set one´s heart on
set one´s seal on
set out
set out one´s stall
set piece
set point
set product
set sail
set scrum
set someone´s mind at rest
set someone´s teeth on edge
set square

WORDS THAT END LIKE SET ONE'S SIGHTS ON

and the same to you with knobs on
clap eyes on
die with one´s boots on
get one´s skates on
keep tabs on
lay hands on
put the frighteners on
put the mockers on
set eyes on
to put the mocks on
with one´s beer goggles on

Synonyms and antonyms of set one's sights on in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «set one's sights on» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

上设置一个人的目光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

establecer lugares de interés de uno en
570 millions of speakers

English

set one´s sights on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर किसी की जगहें सेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجموعة مشاهد واحد على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

установить свои взоры на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

definir o foco no
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর স্থান সেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

définir ses vues sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tentukan pemandangan seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eingestellt eigenen Visier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

に自分の視力を設定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 하나 의 명소를 설정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyetel panggonan siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt điểm tham quan của một người trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு காட்சியை அமைக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याची दृष्टी सेट करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üzerinde durmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impostare i propri occhi su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ustawione na swoich zabytków
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

встановити свої погляди на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pus ochii cuiva pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέσει ένα για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stel ´n mens se visier op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

satt sina sevärdheter på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sette ens syn på
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SET ONE'S SIGHTS ON»

The term «set one's sights on» is regularly used and occupies the 70.357 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET ONE'S SIGHTS ON»

Discover the use of set one's sights on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to set one's sights on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
... have s.th. to set one's sights on Visier: ein festes Ziel/eine neue Stelle/... im Visier haben to have one's sights fixed firmly on a goal Ziel: ein unverrückbares Ziel vor Augen haben (to do s.th.) with one's sights set firmly on one's goal Blick: den ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Wow just you set your mind to meeting these orders on time. ' set one's sights on ka si objektiv (pike'synim) □ // was not that Virginia had a consuming passion to work on a women 's magazine. She had set her sights on it because there was a  ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... in hand. have something on one 's hands - said of smth. remaining under one's care as a burden or unwelcome responsibility: When the house is sold I will have the furniture on my hands. have something in one's sights set one's sights on ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... in one's sights to be preparing to try to get (something): I've had that job in my sights ever since I heard it would be available. [The reference is to the sights of a gun.] have/set one's sights on (something) to try to get (something): / have set my  ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
Ich weiß zwar nicht, wen er jetzt noch im Visier hat; aber eins weiß ich: der Dritte fliegt auch. ein festes Ziel/eine neue Stelle/... im Visier haben form — path selten ' to have a goalltargetl... to aim at, to have s.th. to set one's sights on Wenn man ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Also see raise one's sights; set one's sights on. [Second half of 1900s] lower the boom on Scold harshly or punish se- verely; also, put a stop to something. For example, Ifyou're caught smoking in school, the principal is bound to lower the ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Chambers Idioms
... (something or someone) on (someone) to cause (eg dogs) to attack (someone) : He set his dogs/men on me. set one's seal on see seal. set one's sights on see sight. set (someone's) teeth on edge see teeth. set the record straight see record.
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
^Bjw^^ia#sra* ° ) to set one's sights on ! f}#~- (David .sef Ms sights on the championship. A$J was Ji^t^s? • ) [jitSfiKffiffltt sign sign of the times Ejfttvfii: i B^ MftjIa] i ^ftW^V/K (It's a v/gn o/f/ie times that many people will not get married until they are ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... camouflaged, obscured, secret; inconspicuous, unnoticeable; private, privy; secreted, tucked away. 1 set one's sights on she set her sights on a teaching career: aspire to, aim at/for, try for, strive for/towards, work towards, be after, want, seek, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook
0 They are dead set on taking that bicycle trip, even though George has arthritis. set one's sights on to establish a goal or have a firm goal 0 He has set his sights on New York University, and he says that he won't go to any other college.
Gail Brenner, 2011

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