reckon without

reckon without
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "reckon without":
present tense I/you/we/they reckon without he/she/it reckons without present participle reckoning without past tense reckoned without past participle reckoned without
reckon without something to not consider or include something in your plans and so not be prepared for it

I'd reckoned without the heavy traffic on the motorway.


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  • reckon without — OVERLOOK, fail to take account of, disregard. → reckon * * * phrasal : to leave out of account : ignore reckoned without chemistry and man s ingenuity when he predicted that man sooner or later faced starvation Monsanto Magazine * * * ˈreckon… …   Useful english dictionary

  • reckon without somebody — ˈreckon without sb/sth derived (especially BrE) to not consider sb/sth as a possible problem that you should be prepared for Syn: not take something into account • They had reckoned without the determination of the opposition. Main entry: ↑reckon …   Useful english dictionary

  • reckon without something — ˈreckon without sb/sth derived (especially BrE) to not consider sb/sth as a possible problem that you should be prepared for Syn: not take something into account • They had reckoned without the determination of the opposition. Main entry: ↑reckon …   Useful english dictionary

  • reckon without — PHRASAL VERB If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it. [V P n] I thought that it would take only a day of hard driving to reach Chengdu. But I had reckoned without… …   English dictionary

  • reckon without — {v.} To fail to consider as one of the things which might change a situation; not think about. * /The committee for the class picnic party made careful plans for a beach party but they reckoned without a sudden change in the weather./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • reckon without — {v.} To fail to consider as one of the things which might change a situation; not think about. * /The committee for the class picnic party made careful plans for a beach party but they reckoned without a sudden change in the weather./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • reckon without — verb To ignore that which cannot readily be ignored. He reckoned without the need to pay taxes …   Wiktionary

  • reckon\ without — v To fail to consider as one of the things which might change a situation; not think about. The committee for the class picnic party made careful plans for a beach party but they reckoned without a sudden change in the weather …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To reckon without one's host — Reckon Reck on, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reckon without — phrasal to fail to consider ; ignore …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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