How to pronounce “take the count”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (boxing) To be knocked out.
• (boxing) To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.
• (idiomatic) To lose or fail.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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