to think that something will happen and plan for it
Anything to draw her attention away from the tantalizing figure on the driving range.
I went through, averting my eyes, wanting instinctively to cover the lifeless figure on the bed.
She hadn’t figured on him reacting this way.
Susie's hysterical cry was followed by a wild sob as she saw the figure on the grass begin crawling towards them.
There was no doubt in his mind that the naked figure on the screen had been that of his wife, Louise.
figures on
figuring on
figured on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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