bank on

See also: bankon and Bankon

English

Verb

bank on (third-person singular simple present banks on, present participle banking on, simple past and past participle banked on)

1. To rely on someone or something; to count on something; to depend on something.

   I'm banking on you being there. I don't have your expertise.

   • 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.

Usage notes

• The verb and particle are inseparable.

See also

• pin one's hopes on
• take to the bank