Word info

plan on

Verb

Meaning

plan on (third-person singular simple present plans on, present participle planning on, simple past and past participle planned on)

To expect; to anticipate future actions based on.
I didn't plan on Truman winning the election.
I was planning on going, but something came up.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life. Abraham Maslow

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more. Billy Sheehan

I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens. Bear Bryant

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music. Robby Krieger

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. Marilyn Monroe

I plan on not dying, but if I have to, I want to die in Liverpool. Ian McCulloch

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