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set store by

verb

set store by

verb
1

Idiomatic To believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly.

  • We live in a society that sets great store by science and technology.
  • [...] we rather wonder whether too much store is set on intellectual as against executive ability as a pre-requisite in the good railway officer.1964 May, “News and Comment: Commanding presences”, in Modern Railways, pages 292–293:

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