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have in mind

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
have someone or something in mind
Fig. to be thinking of someone or something as a candidate for something. Did you have anyone in mind for the job? I have something in mind for the living-room carpeting. He probably had himself in mind when he spoke about the need for new blood.
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have something in mind
to be thinking about something as a possibility (usually used in questions) 'I thought we might eat out tonight.' 'Where did you have in mind?' I think that's probably what he had in mind.
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have in mind somebody/something also have somebody/something in mind
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
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