lay plans
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And that was just before Hila and Wana Limar, two Afghan sisters who emigrated with their family to Germany as young children, began to lay plans for a jewelry brand called Sevar.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2021
When a cartoonish-ly crabby girl named Little Amy Scott hurls an unwanted goldfish from a pier, two indignant friends lay plans for a rescue mission.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017
As brokers lay plans to satisfy new federal rules governing their relationships with retirement savers, one thing is becoming clear: Some clients will see their investment options diminished or face the prospect of higher fees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 18, 2016
Their fundamental agreement: "That the U.S. can find jobs for its defense workers in the post-war period within the framework of the American system, if the country begins to lay plans at once."
From Time Magazine Archive
Her part of this love affair was to lay plans for the benefit of the lovers and to endeavor to settle their little difficulties in her own way.
From Vagabondia 1884 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
