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counting one's days

counting one's days is the present participle and gerund of count one's days.

Meaning of count one's days

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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, days.

Questions about counting one's days

What is counting one's days the present participle and gerund of?
Counting one's days is the present participle and gerund of count one's days.

Words near counting one's days in the dictionary

  1. counting on
  2. counting on one hand
  3. counting on the fingers of one hand
  4. counting one's blessings
  5. counting one's chickens
  6. counting one's days
  7. counting one's lucky stars
  8. counting out
  9. counting rhyme
  10. counting rhymes
  11. counting rod

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