take the count

VERB

lose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decline drop fall

STRONG

miss succumb yield

WEAK

be humbled be outdistanced be sunk be taken to cleaners be the loser be worsted come up short drop a bundle kiss goodbye lose out suffer defeat take a beating take the heat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up rise

WEAK

achieve confront face hold on to keep maintain meet succeed win

VERB

succumb

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bow break down buckle capitulate cave in cease defer give in give way go down pass away perish quit wilt yield

STRONG

accede cave collapse croak decease demise depart drop expire fall fold go knuckle pass submit

WEAK

eat crow fall victim to flake out give in to give out give up the ghost go under knuckle under meet waterloo pack it in show white flag throw in the towel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

continue defend fight

STRONG

ascend deny refuse rise stay

WEAK

conquer overcome win

Example Sentences

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One strikeout later, Trout came up, worked a tough at-bat against Hernandez to take the count full, then obliterated the next offering and sent it soaring over the wall in left-center.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2012

Kelley fell behind 3-1 to Upton, rallied to take the count full, then threw his trademark slider down and away.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2012

Did he whiff to take the count even?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2011

Four enumerators appointed to take the count in Greeley County, Kan. went on strike last week for higher pay.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rolled over and attempted to rise, but the sharp yells from his seconds to take the count restrained him.

From When God Laughs: and other stories by London, Jack

take the count

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