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count on
verb
- intr, preposition to rely or depend on
Idioms and Phrases
Also, count upon . Rely on, depend on, as in You can always count on Kent to be punctual , or Carol was counting upon getting a raise in spring . [First half of 1600s]Example Sentences
The department鈥檚 interfacing with federal authorities will be among the many issues that the Police Commission is counting on Barragan to help monitor.
So you meet these moments with your best players, counting on them to make the biggest plays in the most stressful moments.
"I think they feel like the survival of the system we have all counted on is itself on the line, and they want us to act with that level of urgency," Lamb told the BBC.
Parents could no longer reliably count on herd immunity to keep newborns too young to vaccinate safe from the disease.
As a practicing homosexual who supports abortion rights, I don鈥檛 think the Church is counting on me to be its champion at drag brunch.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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