count off
phrasal verb
counted off; counting off; counts off
: to count numbers that are spaced a certain number apart
The students counted off one by one.
Examples of count off in a Sentence
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Pham worked a 2-2 count off Bradford, laying off a changeup and a four-seam fastball down in the zone, before Bradford’s fifth pitch — an 82 mph changeup on the outside of the plate — seemingly floated out of his hand.
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Katie Woo, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Once the control table was satisfied, the team counted off.
—Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
Mulligan then dropped to her knees to give Stone a long hug, and the two spoke quietly into each other's ears during the embrace as an announcer counted off the seconds to the end of the break.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
In one case, a frontman who never lived seems to count off a nonexistent band.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
That’s when Ellington looks over at me with a gleam in his eye and counts off the band.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2023
Auburn’s run in the 2023 Southeastern Conference Baseball tournament ended Thursday with an 7-4 loss against rival Alabama at the Hoover Met. Alabama jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Tommy Seidl hit a home run on a 1-0 count off Tigers’ starting pitcher Konner Copeland.
—Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Katie Woo, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Once the control table was satisfied, the team counted off.
—Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
Mulligan then dropped to her knees to give Stone a long hug, and the two spoke quietly into each other's ears during the embrace as an announcer counted off the seconds to the end of the break.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
In one case, a frontman who never lived seems to count off a nonexistent band.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
That’s when Ellington looks over at me with a gleam in his eye and counts off the band.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2023
Auburn’s run in the 2023 Southeastern Conference Baseball tournament ended Thursday with an 7-4 loss against rival Alabama at the Hoover Met. Alabama jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Tommy Seidl hit a home run on a 1-0 count off Tigers’ starting pitcher Konner Copeland.
—Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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“Count off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20off. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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