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