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have one's heart set on

have one's heart set on is the alternative form of set one's heart on.

Meaning of set one's heart on

Verb

set one's heart on (third-person singular simple present sets one's heart on, present participle setting one's heart on, simple past and past participle set one's heart on)

  1. (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.1856, T. S. Arthur, “A True Tale of Life”, in The Wedding Guest

Forms of have one's heart set on

third-person singular presenthas one's heart set on
present participlehaving one's heart set on
past participlehad one's heart set on
pasthad one's heart set on

Questions about have one's heart set on

What is have one's heart set on the alternative form of?
Have one's heart set on is the alternative form of set one's heart on.

Words near have one's heart set on in the dictionary

  1. have one's head screwed on the right way
  2. have one's head up one's ass
  3. have one's heart in
  4. have one's heart in one's boots
  5. have one's heart in the right place
  6. have one's heart set on
  7. have one's heart set upon
  8. have one's hump up
  9. have one's mind about one
  10. have one's moments
  11. have one's moons

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