down for the count
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term.
adj
Soundly unconscious, either because asleep or because otherwise knocked out.
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, for, the, count: lying upon the mat of a boxing ring while the referee counts the fighter out.
Example Sentences
- "As the company grew, one after another of its smaller competitors ended up down for the count."
- "“But what puts me down for the count is the action of the fellow. Never showed up; just made her miss two performances.”"
- "But every time the music world thought it was down for the count, the orchestra has managed to rise again."
- "So, while Europe is still groggy and the U.S. is just starting to show signs of a pulse (and Japan of course is still down for the count), little Korea will grow anywhere from 3.2% to 6% this year."
- "A: Look at him, he's out like a light! B: Yeah, he had a long day! And now he's down for the count."
- "Liston was down for the count more than once before rising up to regain command of the fight."