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count on sb

phrasal verb with count
 
 
/kaʊnt/ verb

Definition

B2 to be confident that you can depend on someone: You can always count on Michael in a crisis. [+ to infinitive] I can count on my parents to help me.Trusting and not trusting
(Definition of count on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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