count upon

count upon
phrasal verb count on or count upon [transitive]
Word forms "count on":
present tense I/you/we/they count on he/she/it counts on present participle counting on past tense counted on past participle counted on
1)
a) count on someone to depend on someone to do what you want or expect them to do for you

The whole team was counting on me, and I let them down.

count on someone for something:

You can always count on him for good advice.

count on someone to do something:

I knew I could count on you to be on time.

count on someone doing something:

I was counting on Jane driving me home.

b) used in a humorous way for saying that you know someone will behave in a particular way

You can always count on Ted to make a mess of the cooking.

2) count on someone/something to hope or expect that something will happen or that someone will do something

Tournament directors are counting on good weather.

count on someone/something doing something:

We're counting on about 20 people coming to the meal.

She hadn't counted on it raining.


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