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
Michelinamee-ke-LEE-nahItalian
Lot (2)-Arthurian Romance
BaldurBAHL-door (German)German, Icelandic
KendrickKEN-drikEnglish
LibbieLIB-eeEnglish
AntÔNia-Portuguese (Brazilian)