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For the purpose of, aiming toward, as in A-frame houses were designed with a view to shedding heavy snow. This idiom was first recorded in 1728.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): with a view to doing something [and] with an eye to doing something
with the intention of doing something. • I came to this school with a view to getting a degree. • The mayor took office with an eye to improving the town.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs