count out
verb
counted out; counting out; counts out
1
: to not include (someone) in an activity
If you are looking for people to help you clean the house today, count me out.
2
: to decide that (someone or something) cannot win or succeed
Don't count out our team just yet. They could still win.
3
: to count (a certain number of items to be separated from a quantity one is holding)
He counted out ten tickets and handed them to her.
4
: to signal the knockout of (a boxer who is down) by completing an audible count of 10 seconds before the boxer rises
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That's a comment that is sure to resound with the members of Bills Mafia, as Sunday night's game proved there can't ever be a reason to count out the Bills as long as Allen is taking snaps.
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Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
And don’t count out Stavros Halkias in a Paul Walter Hauser-type performance as Teddy’s childhood babysitter who’s now the town cop.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Don’t count out annual flowers such as dahlias, zinnias and Bolivian verbena and even some non-native autumn bloomers such as toad lilies.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Still, don’t fully count out the Cajuns — at least to keep it close.
—Maddie Hartley
august 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
And don’t count out Stavros Halkias in a Paul Walter Hauser-type performance as Teddy’s childhood babysitter who’s now the town cop.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Don’t count out annual flowers such as dahlias, zinnias and Bolivian verbena and even some non-native autumn bloomers such as toad lilies.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Still, don’t fully count out the Cajuns — at least to keep it close.
—Maddie Hartley
august 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for count out
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“Count out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20out. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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