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

These were main items on the well-filled Laval calendar: > A meeting with Adolf Hitler and other Axis leaders to lay plans fora new arrangement to replace the defunct armistice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the King had no mind that Robin Hood should do as he willed, and called his Knights to follow him to Nottingham, where they would lay plans how best to take captive the felon.

From Tales of Romance by Anonymous