set sights

A form of set one's sights — To give one's close attention to, especially as a goal, objective, or other object of special interest.

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Meanings

verbset sights (third-person singular simple present sets sights, present participle setting sights, simple past and past participle set sights)

present singular third person sets sights · participle present setting sights

  1. alternativeintransitiveAlternative form of set one's sights

    Now the Colombian paramilitaries had set sights on him.

    2007 November 28, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Defending Rights, He Said He Was Marked to Die”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Aug 2015
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APA

set sights. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sights

MLA

“set sights.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sights. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set sights,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sights.

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