count on sth
— phrasal verb with count uk/kaʊnt/us/kaʊnt/verb
B2 to expect something to happen and make plans based on it:
[ + -ing verb ] I'm counting on the meeting ending on time, or I'll miss my bus.
Sorry I'm late, I didn't count on being held up in the traffic.
There's never a taxi when you want one - that's the one thing you can count on!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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