English

Alternative forms

• set one's cap for

Verb

set one's cap at

1. (idiomatic) To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl).
2. (idiomatic, more generally) To choose something as a goal.

   How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse. — Patrick O'Brian, "HMS Surprise".

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