aim high

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aim high (third-person singular simple present aims high, present participle aiming high, simple past and past participle aimed high)

  1. (figuratively) To set very ambitious goals for oneself.
    Near-synonyms: play big, think big
    • 1914, Journal of Experimental Pedagogy and Training College Record, page 314:
      In intellectual and moral matters we believe in having standards difficult of attainment, we cling even to standards which no one has ever yet attained; we prefer the person who aims high if only to fail: we definitely allow for the mishaps of the young and inexperienced and sympathetically help them to their feet.

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