lower one's sights
Reduce your ambitions
To lower one's sights is to reduce expectations or ambitions, accepting a less ambitious goal than originally hoped for.
The metaphor comes from aiming a weapon—pointing lower means targeting something closer or easier to hit.
After months of job hunting, she lowered her sights and applied for entry-level positions.
- reprioritizeReassign levels of importance
- scale backReduce in extent
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- economizeReduce expenses deliberately
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
settle for less · acceptance · come to terms · realism · adaptability · humility · swallow one's pride · self-awareness · resignation · recalibrate · downgrade · adjust · cut corners · simplify · moderate · downsize · streamline · back to basics
lower one's sightsshoot for the moon
Pursue lofty ambitions
reach for the stars · think big · raise the bar · up one's game · swing for the fences
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