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count one's chickens

count one's chickens is the ellipsis of count one's chickens before they hatch.

Forms of count one's chickens

third-person singular presentcounts one's chickens
present participlecounting one's chickens
past participlecounted one's chickens
pastcounted one's chickens

Questions about count one's chickens

What is count one's chickens the ellipsis of?
Count one's chickens is the ellipsis of count one's chickens before they hatch.

Words near count one's chickens in the dictionary

  1. count off
  2. count on
  3. count on one hand
  4. count on the fingers of one hand
  5. count one's blessings
  6. count one's chickens
  7. count one's days
  8. count one's lucky stars
  9. count out
  10. count palatinate
  11. count palatine

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