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count down

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count down
to count backwards to an event that will start when zero is reached. The project manager was counting down—getting ready for the launch of the rocket. I can still hear the captain counting down: "Five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off!"
See also: count

count down (to something)
to count backwards to the time when something is expected to happen They had a clock that counted down the days, hours, and minutes to the new year. If you're counting down, spring is just ten days away.
See also: count


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net version kicks it into what it calls speed poker -- faster decisions are necessary because a timer is in place in front of each player, as the lights on the table count down the seconds left to raise bets or fold.
It's not the count down to the dusty demise of a multi-story office building by implosion.
Dante insists they team up as the count down to find the hidden code to avert terrorist use of an abandoned Russian missile in an unknown location has begun.
 
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