Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had designs on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
had de-sign-s on
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does had designs on mean?
simple past and past participle of have designs on

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