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count out

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count someone out (for something)
to exclude someone from something. Please count me out for the party next Saturday. I have other plans. You should count the whole family out. We are going to the beach for the weekend.
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count something out 

1. to disregard something; to eliminate a possibility. We'll have to count out the possibility of his being elected. Never count it out. It can always happen.
2. to give out things, counting them one by one. She counted the cookies out, one by one. She counted out the cookies to each child.
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