set sights

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of set one's sights [with on]
   • 2007 November 28, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Defending Rights, He Said He Was Marked to Die”, in New York Times, retrieved 1 August 2015:

     Now the Colombian paramilitaries had set sights on him.

Further reading

• “set sights on” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.