HAVE DESIGNS ON STH


Meaning of HAVE DESIGNS ON STH in English

( formal ) to be planning to get sth for yourself, often in a way that other people do not approve of :

Rumours spread that the Duke had designs on the crown (= wanted to make himself king) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.