set great store by

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set great store by someone or something

to have positive expectations for someone or something; to have high hopes for someone or something. I set great store by my computer and its ability to help me in my work. Bill sets great store by his expensive tools.

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If she has a kind of a dull time with Mirandy, on account o' her bein' so sharp, why of course she'd set great store by your comp'ny. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context Thus, the provision department, who plundered the clothes-presses and the harness-rooms, attached very little value to things which tailors and saddlers set great store by. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Marshall's brother Alexander had a dog he set great store by, and when it died the man actilly wanted to have it buried in the graveyard, `along with the other Christians,' he said. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			set about set about doing set above set against set alarm bells ringing set apart set apart from set aside set at set back set back from set before set beside set down set down as set eyes on set face against set fire to set foot in set for set for life set forth set forth on set forward set free set great store by set heart against set heart on set hopes on set house in order set in set in a place set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels set one on feet set out			Set form set format set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth evidence set forth in a will set forth in words set forth on set forth the character of set forth the meaning set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward force set forward point set free set free set free set front side bus set function Set Functional Address set going set going again Set Graphics Rendition set grease soap set great store by Set Greater Than Unsigned Set Group Address Set Group ID set guidelines set gun Set hammer Set hammer set hand set hand set hand set hand set hand to the plough set hand to the plough set hand to the plow set hand to the plow set heart against set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order

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