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
...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
... (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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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 ...
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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, ...
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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.