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set one's sights

[set one's 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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

raise one's sights

[raise one's 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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

see things

[see things] {v. phr.}, {informal} To imagine sights which are not real; think you see what is not there. * /I had not seen him for twenty years and when […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

point out

[point out] {v.} 1. To show by pointing with the finger; point to; make clear the location of. * /The guide pointed out the principal sights of the city./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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