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have designs on

have designs on verb: to have one's eye on, to set one's sights on, to seek, to pursue.

Verb

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

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

Forms of have designs on

third-person singular presenthas designs on
present participlehaving designs on
past participlehad designs on
pasthad designs on

Questions about have designs on

What does have designs on mean?
Have designs on means to have one's eye on, to set one's sights on, to seek, to pursue.
What part of speech is have designs on?
Have designs on is a verb.
What is the past tense of have designs on?
The past tense of have designs on is had designs on.

Words near have designs on in the dictionary

  1. have been around the block
  2. have been in the wars
  3. have been to an Irish wedding
  4. have blood on one's hands
  5. have butterflies in one's stomach
  6. have designs on
  7. have done
  8. have done with
  9. have down
  10. have down as
  11. have down to a science

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