banked on
Relied upon heavily
To bank on something is to count on it or rely on it confidently, treating it as dependable as money in the bank: We banked on good weather for the wedding.
The phrase often appears when that confidence proves misplaced: They banked on her silence, but she told everyone.
- trustedEarned belief in
- dependRequire for support
- relyTrust for support
- count onTrust reliably
- believe inAccept as true
set store by · anticipate · hinge on · assume · lean on · staked · bet the farm · speculate · wagered · counted chickens · foresee · predict · confide in · estimate · fund · underwrite · encourage · validate
certainty and reliance
banked ondoubted
Lacked certainty about
distrusted · questioned · mistrusted · disbelieved · second-guessed