set store by

set store by
{v. phr.}, {informal} To like or value; want to keep. Used with a qualifying word between "set" and "store". * /George sets great store by that old tennis racket./ * /Pat doesn't set much store by Mike's advice./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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