reckon with
Idioms-
Take into account, be prepared for, as in The third-party movement is a force to be reckoned with during the primaries . This usage was first recorded in 1885.
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Deal with, as in Your lost wallet isn't the only problem we have to reckon with . Also see take into account .
Example Sentences
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Any solution must also reckon with the shifting profile of creditors.
From Barron's
In defeat, Laguna Beach made clear it will be a team to reckon with next season.
From Los Angeles Times
What ultimately happens here will say a lot about how we reckon with the folk heroes we create, long after they’re dead—and even after all they’ve done comes into full view.
From Slate
Arthur begins as a thuggish, cigar-smoking, sausage-eating, drunken clown, until he’s forced, by events, and the possibility of inheriting the presidency, to reckon with himself.
From Los Angeles Times
Americans who want to believe that the courts will save us have to reckon with the possibility that the Supreme Court will not.
From Slate
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