set one's cap at

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English - Turkish
abayı yakmak
English - English
to choose the man as a potential husband (of a girl). Or, 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. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.

set one's cap at

    Hyphenation

    SET one's cap at

    Turkish pronunciation

    set wʌnz käp ät

    Pronunciation

    /ˈset ˈwənz ˈkap ˈat/ /ˈsɛt ˈwʌnz ˈkæp ˈæt/

    Etymology

    () Probably from French nautical expression ‘mettre le cap sur’, ‘to set a course for’.
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