have designs

have designs
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  • have designs on — To have plans to appropriate • • • Main Entry: ↑design * * * aim to obtain (something desired), typically in a secret and dishonest way he suspected her of having designs on the family fortune * * * have designs on 1 : to have a secret desire and …   Useful english dictionary

  • have designs on — (someone) to want to have a sexual relationship with someone. She suspected that Helen had designs on her husband …   New idioms dictionary

  • have designs on — (something) to want to have something and to plan to get it. I knew that David had designs on my half of the business …   New idioms dictionary

  • have designs on — index desire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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

  • have designs on something — formal phrase to want something and to be planning a way to get it The king’s younger brother had designs on the crown. Thesaurus: to want somethingsynonym Main entry: design * * * have designs on sth …   Useful english dictionary

  • have designs on someone — have designs on (someone) to want to have a sexual relationship with someone. She suspected that Helen had designs on her husband …   New idioms dictionary

  • have designs on something — have designs on (something) to want to have something and to plan to get it. I knew that David had designs on my half of the business …   New idioms dictionary

  • have designs on somebody — have designs on sb idiom (formal humorous) to want to start a sexual relationship with sb • He was quite aware of her marital designs on him. Main entry: ↑design …   Useful english dictionary

  • have designs on someone — old fashioned phrase to want to have someone as a sexual partner Thesaurus: feeling sexual excitement or desiresynonym sexual activityhyponym Main entry: design …   Useful english dictionary

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