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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
down for the count
down for the count
01
having failed in doing or achieving something and unable to continue
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He has been fighting the illness for weeks, and now he's down for the count.
02
(of a boxer) knocked down and unable to stand up and continue the fight within the referee's ten-second count
DialectAmerican
American03
sleeping so soundly that one cannot be easily awakened
DialectAmerican
AmericanIdiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The flu hit me hard, and I was down for the count, spending most of the weekend in bed.
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