SET STORE BY Definition & Meaning

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Also, set great store by . Regard as valuable or worthwhile, as in I don't set much store by her judgment , or He sets great store by his good name . The word store here is used in the sense of “something precious,” a usage that is obsolete except in these terms.

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Andrea Goldbarg and her prosecution team had 16; Mexicans, it seems, do not set store by omertà, the oath of silence.

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We must respect the older generation and set store by their opinion, otherwise it will happen to us.

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The UK has set store by establishing a high level of co-operation on security issues, like counter-terrorism and the fight against organised crime, with the EU after Brexit.

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For someone whose career had almost been done in by a spreadsheet, Jeff Park certainly set store by them.

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They also set store by attempts to suppress demand.

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