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into account

See: TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

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account

[account] See: [CALL TO ACCOUNT], [CHARGE ACCOUNT], [LEAVE OUT OF ACCOUNT], [ON ACCOUNT], [ON ACCOUNT OF], [ON ONE'S ACCOUNT], [ON ONE'S OWN ACCOUNT], [SAVINGS ACCOUNT], [TAKE INTO ACCOUNT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

on one's account

[on one's account] {adv. phr.} For your good; because you want to help or please someone. * /Barry studied hard on his mother's account./ * /I hope you didn't bring […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take into account

[take into account] {v. phr.} To remember and understand while judging someone or something; consider. * /How much time will we need to get to the lake? You have to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on account of

[on account of] {prep.} As a result of; because of. * /The picnic was held in the gym on account of the rain./ Compare: [ON ONE'S ACCOUNT], [OF ONE'S OWN […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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