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The phrase "scheme to" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to a plan or plot to achieve a particular goal, often with a connotation of deceit or manipulation.
Example: "They devised a scheme to take control of the company without anyone noticing."
Alternatives: "plot to" or "conspire to"
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A bellboy's scheme to get rich quickly.
"I heard about the scheme to get rid of them.
"He had some elaborate scheme to meet," Greenwald said.
He cites a government scheme to encourage experiment in architecture.
Another scheme to develop our public presence and effect.
Lucie mounted an extraordinary scheme to release him.
Extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants.
"It was a good scheme to be part of.
He had a scheme to go to New Orleans.
P12 Techie scheme to turn Germany's refugees into programmers.
He established a scheme to train Ghanaian surgeons in Glasgow.
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