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In your sights

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Photo of a soldier aiming a rifle
The idiom in your sights or to set your sight on comes from the literal image of looking through the sights of a gun. If you have set your sights on something, it means you really want it and it becomes a strong ambition or goal.
A similar idiom is to zero in on.

He set his sights on becoming mayor of the town.

Óglaigh na hÉireann / CC BY-SA