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Count down   /kaʊnt daʊn/   Listen
Count down

verb
1.
Count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example.





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"Count down" Quotes from Famous Books



... to your absolute wisdom," said Mustapha, in a low voice, "would it not be better to count down to this avaricious old hag the twenty pieces of gold which she demands? When her story is ended, it will be easy to take them from her, and her head from her shoulders. Thus will be satisfied the demands of the old woman, and ...
— The Pacha of Many Tales • Captain Frederick Marryat
... the sentinel cry, "Who goes there!" But echo was frightened too much to declare. Who goes there? who goes there? Can any one swear To the number of sands sur les bords de la mer, Or the whiskers of D'Orsay Count down to a hair? As well might you tell of the sands the amount, Or number each hair in each curl of the Count, As ever proclaim the number and name Of the hundreds and thousands that up ...
— Ballads • William Makepeace Thackeray


Words linked to "Count down" :   count, countdown


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