have designs on someone

have designs on (someone or something)

To pursue someone or something, often for selfish reasons. I don't trust him because I think he has designs on my job. He said he has designs on Karen, but I don't think he has a chance with her.
See also: design, have, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have designs on someone

If one person has designs on another, the first person wants to have a sexual relationship with the second. The colonel had designs on Greg's wife.
See also: design, have, on, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • have designs on
  • have designs on (someone or something)
  • have designs on somebody/something
  • have designs on something
  • go after
  • go after (someone or something)
  • palace politics
  • like nothing on earth
  • match up with (someone or something else)
  • out of the closet