have in mind (someone/something)

to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation.

What job did the president have in mind for the former senator?

The costumes were exactly what he had in mind.

She would say only that they had ambitious projects in mind.

Related vocabulary: have half a mind to do something

• have wicked way with
• have wicked way with someone
• Have will travel!
• have wits about
• have wits about you
• have words
• have words with
• have words with someone
• have work cut out
• have work cut out for
• have work cut out for you
• have your back against the wall
• have your back to the wall
• have your beady eye on
• have your beady eye on someone
• have your beady eye on something
• have your cake and eat it
• have your cake and eat it too
• have your day in court
• have your ducks in a row
• have your ear to the ground
• have your end away
• have your eye on
• have your eye on someone
• have your eye on something