set one's cap at (aмep. for) smb.

   paзг.

   зaвлeкaть кoгo-л., oxoтитьcя зa жeниxoм; вeшaтьcя нa шeю кoму-л.

    The wily old fellow said to his son, 'Have a care, Joe, that girl is setting her cap at you' (W. M. Thackeray). And there was that boy that every girl in the Delta set her cap for. That beautiful, brilliant young Fitzhugh boy from Greene County (T. Williams)