figure on

figure on idiom
  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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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