bank on

bank on verb: to rely on someone or something; to count on something; to depend on something.

Verb

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

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.
- 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.2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport

depend on, rely on, count on: പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ സമർപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രതീക്ഷ അർപ്പിക്കുക, വിശ്വാസം അർപ്പിക്കുക, ആശ്രയിക്കുക, താങ്ങുക, ഉപാശ്രയിക്കുക

third-person singular present	banks on
present participle	banking on
past participle	banked on
past	banked on

What does bank on mean?: Bank on means to rely on someone or something; to count on something; to depend on something.
What is bank on in Malayalam?: Bank on in Malayalam is പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ സമർപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രതീക്ഷ അർപ്പിക്കുക, വിശ്വാസം അർപ്പിക്കുക. See Bank on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is bank on?: Bank on is a verb.
What is the past tense of bank on?: The past tense of bank on is banked on.

Adapted from Wiktionary: bank on (page history and authors); bank on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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