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count off

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count someone or something off
to count people or things, to see if they are all there. (See also count off.) Let's count them off to see who's missing. Count off each person, one by one. I counted each one off.
See also: count

count off

[for a series of people, one by one] to say aloud the next number in a fixed sequence. The soldiers counted off by threes. The sergeant told them to count off.
See also: count


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She let the lonely clock on the landing count off fifteen ticks into the abyss of eternity, and asked:
 
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