set one's cap at

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl).1863, Sheridan Le Fanu,The House by the Churchyard: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 andsetting caps athim[…]; (idiomatic,more generally)To choose something as a goal.Patrick O'Brian, "HMS Surprise".How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number ofcaps setin his direction would furnish a warehouse.

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