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figure on

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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.
See also: figure

figure on something
1. to expect something I'd better not figure on staying with them if they already have weekend guests.
2. to plan something I had figured on serving ten people dinner and had just the right amount of food.
See also: figure


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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.
This done, she returns to the garden, and approaches the mysterious figure on the lawn.
Henry led Agnes to the figure on the left, as they stood facing the empty fire-place.
 
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