count onsomeone
phrasal verbwithcountverbuk/kaʊnt/us/kaʊnt/
B2
to beconfidentthat you candependon someone:
You can alwayscounton Michael in acrisis.
[+ to infinitive]I cancounton myparentstohelpme.
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon itidiom
- accept/takesomethingon faithidiom
- bank
- bank onsomeone/something
- believe
- believe insomething
- count
- faith
- have faith!idiom
- I wouldn't trustsomeoneas far as I could throwthemidiom
- keep faith withsomething/someoneidiom
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- not trustsomeonean/one inchidiom
- put/placeyourfaith insomething/someoneidiom
- reliance
- reliant
- rely on/uponsomeone/something
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy