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have designs on
Idioms and Phrases
Contrive a secret plot or scheme, especially with selfish motives. For example, I think he has designs on my job , or Mary has designs on her sister's boyfriend . This term uses design in the sense of “a crafty plan,” a usage dating from about 1700.Example Sentences
If the Senedd is an attractive option, would any of them have designs on leadership?
Even in this up and down season, the province will have designs on winning this trophy but it's a tough assignment first up with an away day in France.
Jimmy Chérizier may well have designs on becoming Haiti's leader himself, as do a number of others with criminal pasts and questionable credentials.
They’re headed to the Big Ten next year, but before they do, they have designs on flying to Las Vegas in December for the Pac-12 title game.
“And those who may have designs on their neighbors, as Putin had with Ukraine, are looking to see what happens. And if he gets away with it, they say: Maybe I can get away with it. And that’s a recipe for a world full of conflict, and that’s never good for the United States.”
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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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