reckon without
reckon without (someone or something)
To fail to consider or anticipate someone or something as a factor in some decision, situation, or outcome. I thought we'd have enough money for a deposit on a house, but we reckoned without needing to pay for Sophie's trip to the emergency room. Too many companies reckon without the pitfalls that make insurance like this an absolute necessity.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
reckon without someone
to fail to think about someone. He thought he'd get away with his crime, but he reckoned without the FBI agents. He had thought he was gone for sure, but he had reckoned without the paramedics.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
reckon without
v.
To fail to consider or deal with someone or something; ignore someone or something: They thought it would be an easy victory, but they had reckoned without the determination of their enemy.
See also: reckon, without
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- reckon without (someone or something)
- reckon on
- reckon on (someone or something)
- reckon upon (someone or something)
- have (got) (one's) number
- have somebody's number
- have someone's number
- words right out of one's mouth, to take
- think ahead
- bargain on