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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.

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Words nearby with a view to

withal, with all due respect, with all one's heart, with an eye to, with a vengeance, with a view to, with a will, with bad grace, with bated breath, with bells on, both barrels, with
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Words related to with a view to

consciously, knowingly, pointedly, purposely, studiously, voluntarily, willfully, advisedly, by design, calculatingly, designed, determinedly, emphatically, freely, in cold blood, independently, meaningfully, on purpose, purposively, resolutely
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