sights

sights
n.
aspirations

1) to set one's sights on (she set her sights on a career in politics)

2) to lower; raise one's sights

3) (misc.) to set one's sights high

something worth seeing

4) to see, take in the sights (the tourists took in the sights)

* * *
raise one's sights
take in the sights (the tourists took in the sights)
(misc.) to set one's sights high
['something worth seeing'] to see
to lower
['aspirations'] to set one's sights on (she set her sights on a career in politics)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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