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reckoning with

reckoning with is the present participle and gerund of reckon with.

Meaning of reckon with

Verb

reckon with (third-person singular simple present reckons with, present participle reckoning with, simple past and past participle reckoned with)

  1. To settle accounts or claims with.
    • After a long time, the lord of those seruants commeth, and reckoneth with them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:19
  2. To deal with.
    • We'll reckon with him after the deed is done.
  3. To take into account.
    • I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.

Questions about reckoning with

What is reckoning with the present participle and gerund of?
Reckoning with is the present participle and gerund of reckon with.

Words near reckoning with in the dictionary

  1. reckoning for
  2. reckoning on
  3. reckoning out
  4. reckoning up
  5. reckoning upon
  6. reckoning with
  7. reckoning without
  8. reckoning without one's host
  9. reckonings
  10. reckonize
  11. reckonmaster

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