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reckons with

reckons with is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 reckons with

What is reckons with the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reckons with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon with.

Words near reckons with in the dictionary

  1. reckons for
  2. reckons on
  3. reckons out
  4. reckons up
  5. reckons upon
  6. reckons with
  7. reckons without
  8. reckons without one's host
  9. recks
  10. Recktenwald
  11. Recktenwalds

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