reckon on

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reckon on (third-person singular simple present reckons on, present participle reckoning on, simple past and past participle reckoned on)

  1. To count on or depend (on).
    I reckoned on my pension being enough.
  2. To plan on; to expect.
    I didn't reckon on him having a gun.
    • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
      Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!