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lowering one's sights

lowering one's sights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lower one's sights.

Meaning of lower one's sights

Verb

lower one's sights (third-person singular simple present lowers one's sights, present participle lowering one's sights, simple past and past participle lowered one's sights)

  1. (idiomatic) to lower one's expectations and accept less than one was hoping for or striving toward

Questions about lowering one's sights

What is lowering one's sights the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lowering one's sights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lower one's sights.

Words near lowering one's sights in the dictionary

  1. lowerers
  2. lowerest
  3. lowereth
  4. lowering
  5. lowering one's guard
  6. lowering one's sights
  7. lowering the bar
  8. lowering the boom
  9. loweringly
  10. lowerings
  11. lowermost

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