take the count (English, verb)
expansion: take the count (third-person singular simple present takes the count, present participle taking the count, simple past took the count, past participle taken the count)
Senses:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To be knocked out.
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.
glosses: To lose or fail.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes the count
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking the count
tags: participle
present
form: took the count
tags: past
form: taken the count
tags: participle
past