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Idioms and Phrases

Try or intend to do something, as in We aim to please , or She aims to fly to California . This term derives from aim in the sense of “direct the course of something,” such as an arrow or bullet. [ Colloquial ; c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

Such, however, is the object at which I aim to-day; other instances may occupy us afterward.

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"He missed his aim to-day, but he may point truer another time," said one of the men, half drawing a pistol from his holster.

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