set one's cap at

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

慣用表現 広義

(idiomatic) To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl). / (idiomatic, more generally) To choose something as a goal.

日本語の意味

女性が結婚相手候補として男性を選ぶ（結婚相手を定める） / 何かを目標として定める、選び取る

英語の意味

(idiomatic) To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl). / (idiomatic, more generally) To choose something as a goal.

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To set one's cap at a suitor was once considered a bold move for a young woman.

結婚相手として男性を選ぶことは、かつて若い女性にとって大胆な行動と見なされていた。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl).

To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […]

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意味（2）

(idiomatic, more generally) To choose something as a goal.

How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse.

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sets one's cap at （ present singular third-person ）

setting one's cap at （ participle present ）

set one's cap at （ participle past ）

set one's cap at （ past ）