figure on

verb

1. to depend on (support or help)

2. to take into consideration

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

The IMF projects a 548% price increase this year and says it will be worse in 2026, when it could soar to 629% - the highest figure on the continent.

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ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said while borrowing was down compared to the same month last year, it was "still the third-highest October figure on record in cash terms".

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A combative figure on social media, Rama has also previously invited Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to come to Albania to debate his claim one in 50 Albanians in Britain were in prison.

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He didn’t mind spending most of the game as a peripheral figure on the court.

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PSG countersued Mbappe, who moved to Real Madrid last year, for 180m euros in Paris' labour court, basing that figure on a botched 300m-euro transfer to Saudi club Al Hilal which the player refused.

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