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COUNT OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does count out mean? 

COUNT OUT (verb)
  The verb COUNT OUT has 1 sense:

1. declare the loserplay

  Familiarity information: COUNT OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNT OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare the loser

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "count out" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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