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count on sb

Phrasal Verb with count
 
 
/kaʊnt/ verb

Definition

to be confident that you can depend on someone: I can always count on my parents to help me.
(Definition of count on sb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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