set one's heart on

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set one's heart on

verb sets one's heart on · setting one's heart on · set one's heart on · have one's heart set on · have one's heart set upon

idiomatic, transitive To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for. With all the willful eagerness of a child she set her heart on that visit, and from morning till night she would talk with her little boys of the journey to what seemed to her the brightest, most sacred spot on earth, next to her present home.

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@misc{set_one_s_heart_on_2026,
  title = {set one's heart on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set%20one's%20heart%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}