gives a pink slip (verb) ax/axe: dismiss from service
Sinonime: assume, bank on, be afraid,
conclude, conjecture,
consider, count on,
depend, figure,
gather,
guess,
infer, jump the gun,
posit,
postulate,
predicate,
premise, presuppose,
pretend,
rely,
speculate, suppose,
surmise, take for granted, take it,
think,
trustAntonime: disbelieve