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lower one's sights Fig. to set one's goals lower. (Alludes to pointing the barrel of a rifle lower to lower the aim of the rifle.) Even though you get frustrated, don't lower your sights. I shouldn't lower my sights. If I work hard, I can do what I want. 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. See drop guardlower your sights also set your sights lower to accept something that is not as good as what you originally wanted With so few jobs around she's had to lower her sights. Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by raise your sights (to try to get something better than you had originally expected) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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s]," he wrote of his much smaller budgetary subsection, "will have to lower sights and trim their funding requests. |
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