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figure on someone or something

to count on someone or something; to assume something about someone or something. I am figuring on twelve people for dinner next Friday. We are figuring on you and your wife for dinner next weekend.

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It had never been given me to see such deadly accuracy of aim, and it seemed as though a little figure on one of the craft dropped at the explosion of each bullet, while the banners and upper works dissolved in spurts of flame as the irresistible projectiles of our warriors mowed through them. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context This done, she returns to the garden, and approaches the mysterious figure on the lawn. The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context Henry led Agnes to the figure on the left, as they stood facing the empty fire-place. The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context			fight corner fight down Fight fire with fire fight for fight hammer and tongs fight it out fight like cat and dog fight like hell fight off fight on fight out fight over fight shy of fight the good fight fight through fight to the death fight tooth and claw fight tooth and nail fight way out fight with fighting chance figment figure figure as figure in figure on figure on doing figure out figure up filch file file against file away file down file for file in file out file past file with fill fill a void fill face fill full of lead fill head with fill in Fill in the blanks fill out fill shoes fill the bill fill the gap fill the void			Figure flinging Figure Four Weekly Figure ground figure in figure in figure in figure in figure in figure in Figure It Out Figure It Out for Yourself Figure League Wrestling figure loom Figure of 8 Sign Figure of 8 Strap Figure of Demerit figure of eight Figure of Eight I, New Zealand Figure of Eight I, New Zealand Figure of Eight Sign Figure of Equilibrium Figure of merit Figure of merit Figure of merit figure of speech figure of speech figure of speech figure of speech Figure of the Earth Figure of twinnes figure on figure on doing figure out figure out figure out figure out figure out figure out figure out the root of the problem Figure Out What This One Stands for Figure painter Figure painting Figure Rating Scale Figure skaiting Figure skaiting figure skate figure skater figure skater Figure skaters Figure skaters Figure Skaters for Christ Figure skates figure skating figure skating figure skating Figure skating spins Figure stone Figure stone Figure That Stuff Out Figure The Odds Figure Three Sign

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