Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
reckon with — archaic settle accounts with. → reckon reckon with take (or fail to take) into account. → reckon … English new terms dictionary
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 … New idioms dictionary
reckon with — index pay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reckon with — 1 it s her mother you ll have to reckon with: DEAL WITH, contend with, face (up to). 2 they hadn t reckoned with her burning ambition: TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, take into consideration, bargain for/on, anticipate, foresee, be prepared for, consider; … Useful english dictionary
reckon with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms reckon with : present tense I/you/we/they reckon with he/she/it reckons with present participle reckoning with past tense reckoned with past participle reckoned with 1) reckon with something to consider… … English dictionary
reckon with — verb a) To settle accounts with or to settle claims with After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19. b) To deal with Well reckon with him after the deed is done … Wiktionary
reckon with — 1) it s her mother you ll have to reckon with Syn: deal with, contend with, face, face up to 2) they hadn t reckoned with her burning ambition Syn: take into account, take into consideration, bargain for/on, anticipate, foresee, be prepared for … Thesaurus of popular words
reckon with someone — 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 … New idioms dictionary
reckon with something — 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 … New idioms dictionary
reckon with — Synonyms and related words: account with, admit, assimilate, bear in mind, clear the board, complete, comprehend, comprise, contain, count in, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envisage, even the score, fill, fill in, fill out … Moby Thesaurus
reckon with — 1) PHRASAL VERB: with brd neg If you say that you had not reckoned with something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it. [V P n] Giles had not reckoned with the strength of Sally s feelings for him. 2) PHRASE: n… … English dictionary
