out to get someone

out to get someone (not comparable)

1. Deliberately committed or designed to cause problems for another person.

   The supervisor keeps telling me off. He’s out to get me.

   In order to live a happier life, one of the first steps is to realize that the world is not out to get you.

   • 2009, Antonya Nelson, Nothing Right: Short Stories, page 283:

     "Why does she think they're out to get her?"
     "Because she's a paranoid freak," he answered. "Same reason she wears sunglasses and a hat when she goes out the door, as if that equals a disguise."

• have it in for someone