labor under an assumption



labor under an assumption

Fig. to function or operate believing something; to go about living while assuming something [that may not be so]. I was laboring under the idea that we were going to share the profits equally. Are you laboring under the notion that you are going to be promoted?
See also: labor

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mujo-Bosnian
Kondwanikon-DWAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
JuliaJOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
Mahali-Biblical
JohnathanJAHN-ə-thənEnglish
BrÁDach-Irish