Phrase guide

count out

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I may not be as young as I used to be, but I can still handle this job. Don't count me out.
  • They counted it out for these purposes because their accounting method handles it in another way.

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The bank teller counted out five twenty-dollar bills and gave them to me.

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling

Examples

  • The champ was knocked unconscious and counted out in the third round.

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

verb

Meaning 6

declare the loser

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: declare

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