Set-one-s-cap-at meaning

(idiomatic) To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl).
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(idiomatic, more generally) To choose something as a goal.
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Origin of set-one-s-cap-at

  • Probably from French nautical expression ‘mettre le cap sur’, ‘to set a course for’.
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