Phrase info

have designs on

Speech parts

1. have designs on - Verb

2. have designs on - Phrase

Meaning

have designs on (third-person singular simple present has designs on, present participle having designs on, simple past and past participle had designs on)

(transitive) To have one's eye on, to set one's sights on, to seek, to pursue.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Both sides will have designs on getting promoted. Source: Internet

Third, it’s awfully late in the de Blasio administration for mayoral appointees to have designs on previously shared space.” Source: Internet

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