C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[count heads] or [count noses] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To count the number of people in a group.
On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when we arrived to be sure that no one got lost.
* /The usher was told to look out into the […]
[count off] {v.}
1. To count aloud from one end of a line of men to the other, each man counting in turn.
The soldiers counted off from right to left.
2. To place into a separate group or groups by counting.
* /The coach counted off three boys […]
[count on] {v.}
1. To depend on; rely on; trust.
The team was counting on Joe to win the race.
I'll do it; you know you can count on me.
The company was counting on Brown's making the right decision.
Syn.: [BANK ON].
2. See: [FIGURE ON] […]
[count one's chickens before they're hatched] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences.
* […]
[count out] {v.}
1. To leave (someone) out of a plan; not expect (someone) to share in an activity; exclude.
"Will this party cost anything? If it does, count me out, because I'm broke."
* /When the coach was planning who would play in the big […]
[count to ten] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To count from one to ten so you will have time to calm down or get control of yourself; put off action when angry or excited so as not to do anything wrong.
* /Father always told us to count to ten before doing […]
[county mounty] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
Sheriff's deputy.
The county mounties are parked under the bridge.