to depend on someone to do what you want or expect them to do for you
to hope or expect that something will happen or that someone will do something
used in a humorous way for saying that you know someone will behave in a particular way
I knew I could count on you to be on time.
I was counting on Jane driving me home.
She hadn’t counted on it raining.
The whole team was counting on me, and I let them down.
Tournament directors are counting on good weather.
We’re counting on about 20 people coming to the meal.
You can always count on Ted to make a mess of the cooking.
You can always count on him for good advice.
count on
counts on
counting on
counted on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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