have one's heart set on something
- have one's heart set on something
have one's heart set on something
Fig. to be desiring and expecting something. •
Jane has her heart set on going to London.
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Bob will be disappointed. He had his heart set on going to college this year.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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