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set one's sights on

To give one's close attention to, especially as a goal, objective, or other object of special interest.
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Spurred by a real estate boom in which houses that sold for $15,000 just six years ago now sell for upwards of $150,000, the developers have set their sights on Cabbagetown.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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