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take the count

To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.
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Apparently ignorant of the rules of the ring which permit a fighter knocked to the floor to take the count of nine, he staggered to his feet, only to be met with another blow before he could collect his senses sufficiently to 'cover?'

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'take the count':

take the countTo be knocked out.
take the countTo lose or fail.
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