to have designs on

  • 11have designs on — ► have designs on aim to obtain, especially in an underhand way. Main Entry: ↑design …

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  • 12have designs on someone — desire to have a sexual relationship with a person (e.g., He suspects that Tom has designs on his wife ) …

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  • 13have designs on — want to take away from, envy, covet    I have no designs on your job. Believe me. I don t want it …

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  • 14have designs on something — formal to want something and to be planning a way to get it The king s younger brother had designs on the crown …

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  • 15have designs on — aim to obtain, especially in an underhand way. ↘informal have an undisclosed sexual interest in. → design …

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  • 16have designs on someone — old fashioned to want to have someone as a sexual partner …

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  • 17designs — n. evil intentions 1) to have designs against, on, upon (to have designs on smb. s money) 2) sinister designs * * * on upon (to have designs on smb. s money) [ evil intentions ] to have designs against sinister …

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  • 18have a mind to — Synonyms and related words: aim at, be desirous of, choose, choose to, command, contemplate, decide, decree, desiderate, desire, determine, envisage, envision, fancy, favor, have designs on, have in mind, have in view, like, love, lust, lust… …

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  • 19Designs of the Time — (Dott) is a UK design and innovation programme that aims to drive the development of new solutions to social and economic challenges by involving communities in designing local services. Dott Cornwall is part of a 10 year programme of events… …

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  • 20designs on —    (have)    to wish to seduce    Not just wearing a patterned dress or carrying plans:     ... they contain no mention of his having had designs on the local girls. (Bence Jones, 1987, writing about the dissolute Earl of Leitrim who was murdered …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms