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figure on someone or something

to count on someone or something; to assume something about someone or something. I am figuring on twelve people for dinner next Friday. We are figuring on you and your wife for dinner next weekend.

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figure on something

1. to expect something I'd better not figure on staying with them if they already have weekend guests.

2. to plan something I had figured on serving ten people dinner and had just the right amount of food.

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figure on

1. Depend on, count on, as in We figured on your support.

2. Take into consideration, expect, as in We figured on his being late.

3. Plan, as in We'll figure on leaving at noon. All three colloquial usages date from about 1900.

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figure on

v.

1. To depend on something: We figured on your support when we made up the plans.

2. To guess that something will transpire; estimate: I figured on traffic being heavy, so I left early.

3. To plan on doing something; anticipate: We figure on leaving for the store at noon.

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