in (your) sights

in (your) sights
in (your) sights 1. in a situation in which you will attack.

He has already written about two of the largest insurance companies, and made no secret that he has other insurers in his sights.

2. in a situation in which you intend to get or achieve something.

He settled for the bronze medal but still had the world record in his sights.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Set Your Sights — Infobox Single Name = Set Your Sights Type = single Artist = Adequate Seven Released = 2006 Recorded = 2006 Genre = Punk/Hardcore Punk/Ska/Funk Length = Label = Breaking World Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Here on Earth This album =… …   Wikipedia

  • set your sights on — set (your) sights (on (doing something)) to decide what you want to get or achieve something. I think they set their sights too high – they ll never find someone for the job who has all those skills. Once she sets her sights on something, she won …   New idioms dictionary

  • set your sights — set (your) sights (on (doing something)) to decide what you want to get or achieve something. I think they set their sights too high – they ll never find someone for the job who has all those skills. Once she sets her sights on something, she won …   New idioms dictionary

  • in your sights — If you have someone or something in your sights, they are your target to beat …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 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 …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lower your sights — If you lower your sights, you accept something that is less than you were hoping for …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lower your sights — lower (your) sights to accept something less good than the thing you were hoping for. With so few jobs around she s had to lower her sights …   New idioms dictionary

  • set (your) sights on — (something/doing something) to decide to achieve something. She s set her sights on winning …   New idioms dictionary

  • raise your sights — raise/lower your ˈsights idiom to expect more/less from a situation • If they can t afford such a big house, they ll just have to lower their sights a little. Main entry: ↑sightidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • lower your sights — raise/lower your ˈsights idiom to expect more/less from a situation • If they can t afford such a big house, they ll just have to lower their sights a little. Main entry: ↑sightidiom …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”