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aim to
Idioms and Phrases
Try or intend to do something, as in We aim to please , or She aims to fly to California . This term derives from aim in the sense of “direct the course of something,” such as an arrow or bullet. [ Colloquial ; c. 1600]Example Sentences
These agents aim to subtly and slowly make key figures amenable to the aims of the CCP in a long-term operation often referred to as "elite capture".
Despite Trump’s pledge not to cut Social Security, they aim to sap the public’s confidence in the program by erecting pointless and inexplicable obstacles to prevent people from claiming the benefits they’ve paid for over their entire working lives.
Rick Caruso announced his aim to reopen Palisades Village — the luxury shopping and dining center that he saved from the Palisades fire’s path of destruction by hiring private firefighters — in early 2026.
Staff at the University of Sheffield have voted to go on strike over "drastic" restructuring plans which aim to save £23m over two years.
The university would aim to minimise the impact of the strike, although the "vast majority" of students and staff would likely be unaffected by the action, they added.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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