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set store by

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  1. 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 The word store here is used in the sense of “something precious,” a usage that is obsolete except in these terms.

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

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2018

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.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2018

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

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

They also set store by attempts to suppress demand.

From Economist • Jan. 4, 2018

Howsumever there are lots of folks that set store by ’em.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

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