in (one's) sights Idiom, Proverb

set your sights

choose a goal, decide what you want to get If you set your sights on being a doctor, I will help you.

set one's sights on

Idiom(s): set one's sights on sth

Theme: DETERMINATION

to select something as one's goal.
• I set my sights on a master's degree from the state university.
• Don’t set your sights on something you cannot possibly do.

see the sights

Idiom(s): see the sights

Theme: VISITING

to see the important things in a place; to see what tourists usually see.
• We plan to visit Paris and see the sights.
• Everyone left the hotel early in the morning to see the sights.

raise one's sights

Idiom(s): raise one's sights

Theme: ASPIRATION

to set higher goals for oneself.
• When you're young, you tend to raise your sights too high.
• On the other hand, some people need to raise their sights.

lower one's sights

Idiom(s): lower one's sights

Theme: GOALS

to set one's goals lower.
• Even though you get frustrated, don't lower your sights.
• I shouldn't lower my sights. If I work hard, I can do what I want.

In your sights

If you have someone or something in your sights, they are your target to beat.

Lower your sights

If you lower your sights, you accept something that is less than you were hoping for.

Set your sights on

If you set your sights on someone or something, it is your ambition to beat them or to achieve that goal.

raise one's sights|raise|sight|sights

v. phr. To aim high; be ambitious. Teenage boys sometimes think too much of themselves and have a tendency to raise their sights too high.

set one's sights|set|sights

v. phr. 1. To want to reach; aim for. John has set his sights higher than the job he has now. 2. To wish to get or win. Owen set his sights on the championship.

in (one's) sights

1. In a position of actuality the ambition of one's planned attack. He has the CEO in his architect for his abutting big exposé.2. Actuality the focus of one's absorption and admiration for control or achievement. They've had an Olympic gold badge in their architect for the aftermost eight years.Learn more: sight

in (or within) your sights

aural the ambit of your ambitions or expectations. The angel in this byword and in raise your sights and set your architect on beneath is of a ambition arresting through the architect of a gun.Learn more: sight

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