design something for something

design something for something
design something for something
to conceive of something that is to be part of something else; to draw up plans for something that is to be part of something else. •

The engineers designed a cure for the rattling problem.

Bob, the computer programmer, designed a fix for the bug in the program.

She designed a system of shelving for the library.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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