lower one's sights

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Verb[edit]

lower one's sights (third-person singular simple present lowers one's sights, present participle lowering one's sights, simple past and past participle lowered one's sights)

  1. (idiomatic) to lower one's expectations and accept less than one was hoping for or striving toward
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