bank on en · VERB
Meanings
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To rely on someone or something; to count on something; to depend on something.
I'm banking on you being there. I don't have your expertise.
Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.
2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| banked on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| banked on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| banks on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| banking on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
take to the bank · pin one's hopes on
Translations (3)
pl liczyć na (To rely on someone or something) · pl polegać na (To rely on someone or something) · de setzen auf (To rely on someone or something)