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[count out] {v.} 1. To leave (someone) out of a plan; not expect (someone) to share in an activity; exclude. * /"Will this party cost anything? If it does, count […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

count off

[count off] {v.} 1. To count aloud from one end of a line of men to the other, each man counting in turn. * /The soldiers counted off from right […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

count heads

[count heads] or [count noses] {v. phr.}, {informal} To count the number of people in a group. * /On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

count to ten

[count to ten] {v. phr.}, {informal} To count from one to ten so you will have time to calm down or get control of yourself; put off action when angry […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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