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count against

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count against someone

[for something] to be held against someone; [for something] to weigh against someone. I hope this mistake doesn't count against me. Don't worry, it won't count against you at all.

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count something against someone

to regard something in a negative way against someone. I'm afraid we must count this against you as an unexcused absence. Don't count that last strike against the batter.

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count against

Be disadvantageous to, as in His earnings this year will count against his Social Security benefits. This idiom uses count in the sense of "make a reckoning," in this case negative. [Early 1900s]

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count against

v.

1. To be a liability to someone; weigh against someone: The team's inexperience will count against them when they play more difficult opponents.

2. To hold something against someone: The teacher counted my absences against me.

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