Count on
Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Both terms in one sentence
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What the people who made the cell didn't count on was Bruce being able to hold his breath long enough to hulk out.
Source: Comicbook / Incredible Hulk - Running into a rail while moving slowly and/or at a shallow angle may cause it to hold you on the platform, but don't count on it in most circumstances.
Source: Edge Gravity - I'll hold out hope that it gets resurrected, but don't count on it, sadly...
Source: Fanfic Recs / Tsukihime
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Hold and Count on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/count_on/hold
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