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Phrase(s): plan on someone
to be ready for someone; to anticipate someone’s arrival. • Don’t plan on Sam. He has a cold and probably won’t come. • We are planning on Ted and Bill., Phrase(s): plan on something
to prepare for something; to be ready for something; to anticipate something. • If I were you, I would plan on a big crowd at your open house. • This was not planned on.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Have as an aim or purpose, as in We had planned on going to the movies after dinner. 2. Anticipate, prepare for, as in We planned on you to make a speech, or They hadn't planned on such a big crowd. [Early 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms