have something in your sights
have something in your sights
COMMON If you have something in your sights, you aim to achieve it, and you have a good chance of success. Note: The sights on a weapon such as a rifle are the part that helps you to aim it more accurately. Liverpool have the Championship firmly in their sights. I am studying at university, with good job prospects firmly in my sights.
See also: have, sight, something
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- set one's sights on, to
- sight in
- take a bead on (someone or something)
- get a bead on (someone or something)
- draw a bead on
- draw a bead on (someone or something)
- draw a bead on someone/something
- train (one's) sights on (someone or something)
- train sights on
- have (one's) sights trained on (someone or something)