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./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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