Definition of "count on" [count on]

• To rely upon, trust, or expect (verb)

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• "He had never heard of any quicksand in Blight County but if there was any, count on an FBI agent to find it."
• "Something I learned from traveling with my dadyou can never count on a foreign water heater, she joked."
• "With Victor Romano and Tony Spilotro dead, he could no longer count on them for backing."