raise one's sights
Establish higher goals for oneself, as in She seemed content as a paralegal, but we thought she should raise her sights and get a law degree. This idiom uses sights in the sense of “a device on a gun or optical instrument that helps one take aim.” [Mid-1900s] For the antonym, see lower one's sights.
Words nearby raise one's sights
raise cain,
raise eyebrows,
raise havoc,
raise hell,
raise one's hackles,
raise one's sights,
raise one's voice,
raise the ante,
raise the curtain,
raise the devil,
raise the roof