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count one's days

count one's days verb: to prepare for imminent retribution or termination.

Verb

count one's days (third-person singular simple present counts one's days, present participle counting one's days, simple past and past participle counted one's days)

  1. (idiomatic) To prepare for imminent retribution or termination.
    • That damn slob Bledstone had better count his days.2008, Jake Logan, Slocum and Pearl of the Rio Grande, →ISBN, page 179
    • Ahahahahaha the net closes, count your days Paddington you little cunt2024 October 22, @lesthecroc, Twitter
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, days.

Forms of count one's days

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

Questions about count one's days

What does count one's days mean?
Count one's days means to prepare for imminent retribution or termination.
What part of speech is count one's days?
Count one's days is a verb.
What is the past tense of count one's days?
The past tense of count one's days is counted one's days.

Words near count one's days in the dictionary

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

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