- be out for the count
- to be sleeping deeply.
I was out for the count so I didn't hear any of it going on.
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be out for the count
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out for the count — ► out for the count Boxing defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds. Main Entry: ↑count … English terms dictionary
out for the count — unconscious, or sleeping and not likely to wake up Steve was out for the count, so I answered the phone … English dictionary
out for the count — (informal).See unconscious adjective sense 1. → count … Useful english dictionary
out (or N. Amer. also down) for the count Boxing — defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds. → count … English new terms dictionary
down for the count — down (or Brit. out) for the count Boxing defeated by being knocked to the canvas and unable to rise within ten seconds ■ unconscious or soundly asleep ■ defeated … Useful english dictionary
down for the count — If someone is down for the count, they have lost a struggle, like a boxer who has been knocked out … The small dictionary of idiomes
down for the count — defeated by an opponent, out of the contest Chad was down for the count. He couldn t get up … English idioms
down for the count — If someone is down for the count, they have lost a struggle, like a boxer who has been knocked out. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Down for the count — If someone is down for the count, they have lost a struggle, like a boxer who has been knocked out … Dictionary of English idioms
the count — death Boxing imagery. The long count, though rarer, shows greater knowledge of the sport. To put out for the count, again from boxing, is to make unconscious rather than to kill. To count the daisies is to be dead, the sums being done from… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
