FIGURE ON meaning: Rely on, anticipate, or expect

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figure on: Merriam-Webster
figure on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
figure on: Collins English Dictionary
figure on: Wiktionary
figure on: Dictionary.com
figure on: TheFreeDictionary.com
figure on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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figure on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (figure on)

▸ verb: (transitive) To account for or rely on a particular fact or notion; to calculate (something) using a set of facts.
▸ verb: (transitive) To plan or expect (something).

Opposite:

figure off, turn off, switch off, power off, shut off

Types:

rectangle, triangle, square, circle, oval, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, more...

Phrases:

put a figure on, puts a figure on, putting a figure on, figure on a pay stub, evil figure on some hot sauce bottles, more...

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