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The correct spelling is count out.
How to pronounce count out
verb
Say it like: Cow-nt -owt
The correct spelling is count out. (of a person) To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility. For example: "I may not be as young as I used to be, but I can still handle this job. Don't count me out."
Usage Examples
“I may not be as young as I used to be, but I can still handle this job. Don't count me out.”
“The bank teller counted out five twenty-dollar bills and gave them to me.”
“The champ was knocked unconscious and counted out in the third round.”
Definition
verb
- 1.(of a person) To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
- 2.To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.
- 3.To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.
- 4.To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
- 5.To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.
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