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Phrase(s): aim to do something Rur. to intend to do something. • I didn’t aim to hurt your feelings, sugar, you know I didn’t.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Try or intend to do something, as in We aim to please, or She aims to fly to California. This term derives from aim in the sense of "direct the course of something," such as an arrow or bullet. [Colloquial; c. 1600]
American Heritage Idioms