take the count

take the (long) count

Sl. to die. (Fig. on a boxer being counted out and losing a fight.) The poor cat took the long count at last. I'm too young to take the count.

verb

1. To be defeated.

2. Sports To be counted out in boxing.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Celio	CHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Florent	-	French
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Alenka	-	Slovene
Ablett	['æblit]
Blount	[blaunt]