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verb (intr, preposition) informal, mainly US and Canadian

to depend on (support or help)

to take into consideration

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How to use figure on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Their opportunities and earnings are relatively small, and in order to live they must figure closely.
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It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.
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Tressan fell suddenly to groaning and wringing his hands a pathetic figure had it been less absurd.
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Her tall figure—she was taller than he by at least three inches—was beautiful in its commanding, yet not vulgar, self-possession.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens

Other Idioms and Phrases with figure on

figure on

Depend on, count on, as in We figured on your support.

Take into consideration, expect, as in We figured on his being late.

Plan, as in We'll figure on leaving at noon. All three colloquial usages date from about 1900.

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