"reckon without one's host" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-reckon without one's host.ogg Forms: reckons without one's host [present, singular, third-person], reckoning without one's host [participle, present], reckoned without one's host [participle, past], reckoned without one's host [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reckon without one's host (third-person singular simple present reckons without one's host, present participle reckoning without one's host, simple past and past participle reckoned without one's host)
  1. (now idiomatic, rare) To calculate one's bill without checking with the host or landlord; hence, to come to false conclusions, to miscalculate. Tags: idiomatic, rare Related terms: reckon without Translations (misjudge or miscalculate): die Rechnung ohne den Wirt machen (German)
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