a force to reckon with
a force to reckon with
A person or thing considered to be strong, powerful, or difficult to defeat. A variant of the more common "a force to be reckoned with." They say the young boxer is a force to reckon with, so I'm betting he'll win the match tonight. The attorney may look petite and meek, but she's a force to reckon with in the courtroom.
See also: force, reckon
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a force to be reckoned with
- force to be reckoned with
- reckon
- (someone or something) to be reckoned with
- to be reckoned with
- be a force to be reckoned with
- force
- take the Michael (out of someone or something)
- take the mike (out of someone or something)
- (have) got a thing going (with someone)