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count out

verb

informal��to leave out; exclude
count me out!
(of a boxing referee) to judge (a floored boxer) to have failed to recover within the specified time See count 1
to count (something) aloud

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Idioms and Phrases

Declare a boxer (or other contestant) to have lost, as in Paul was counted out in the first round . This term alludes to count in the sense of “ten seconds,” the time allowed for a boxer to rise after being knocked down (if he does not rise in time, he is “out”). The earliest recorded use of the term was for a cockfight in 1808; its use for boxing came about a century later. Also see down for the count .

Exclude, leave out of consideration, as in As for skiing this winter, you'll have to count me out . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s] Also see count in .

Apportion; also, recalculate. For example, They counted out four pieces of music for each band member , or When Peggy got her change she counted out all the pennies . [Mid-1800s]

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Manager Dave Roberts says he trusts him to keep taking the mound, and so do I. Like the headline reads, “History says don’t count out Kershaw.”

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Xander Schauffele may not have played much this year because of a rib injury, but it still would be difficult to count out a player who won two majors last year.

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I never counted out the rematch and just wanted to see what my other options were.

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Houston has won the West four years in a row and seven of the last eight years, so they can’t be counted out even after shedding fixtures Tucker and Bregman.

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Those two small movies have made a big splash, but don’t count out blockbusters like “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” just yet, especially in below-the-line technical awards.

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count one's chickens before they hatch count palatine

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