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take the count

To lose or fail.
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He led his men with great dash and when hit the first time declined to take the count. Instead, he drew his revolver and called for further effort. Again he was hit,but struggled on, but a third shot finally bowled him over.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'take the count':

take the countTo be knocked out.
take the countTo take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.
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