make or work out a plan for; devise
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contrive |
design |
plan |
project |
sample sentences
"They contrived to murder their boss""design a new sales strategy"
"plan an attack"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
They %s the cape
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
They %s to move
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
They %s to move
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