reckon (redirected from reckons among)

be a force to be reckoned with

if an organization or person is a force to be reckoned with, they are very powerful. The Scottish team's performance last month shows that they are once again a force to be reckoned with.

See also: force

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a force to be reckoned with

a powerful and influential person or thing. In my new job, I felt like a force to be reckoned with.

See also: force

reckon with someone/something

to consider the influence or power that someone or something has. He failed to reckon with the bureaucratic skills of the military. You have to reckon with these angry people who just don't like change of any kind.