count out

exclure, écarter

Ne pas faire participer quelqu’un ou estimer qu’il n’a aucune chance de réussir.

En anglais simple : To leave someone out of an activity or decide they cannot succeed.

• Count me out of the trip.
• They counted him out, but he won.
• You cannot count out this team yet.

Comment l'utiliser : count someone out of something (Don’t count her out of the race yet.)

Synonymes : exclude, rule out

Contraires : include

Expressions courantes : count someone out, count out a team

compter et mettre de côté

Compter des objets un par un en les mettant de côté ou en les donnant à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To count things one by one while putting them aside or giving them to someone.

• Count out six cards.
• He counted out the money and handed it over.
• She carefully counted out three tablets for each patient.

Comment l'utiliser : count something out (She counted the coins out onto the table.)

Expressions courantes : count out the money, count out ten coins

déclarer hors de combat

Déclarer un combattant battu parce qu’il ne se relève pas avant la fin du compte de l’arbitre.

En anglais simple : To declare a fighter beaten because they do not get up before the referee finishes counting.

• The referee counted him out.
• She was counted out after falling in the fourth round.
• The fighter rose just before he could be counted out.

Comment l'utiliser : be counted out (The boxer was counted out in the second round.)

Expressions courantes : count someone out, count out a boxer

lever la séance faute de quorum

Mettre fin à une séance parlementaire parce que trop peu de membres sont présents.

En anglais simple : To end a parliamentary meeting because too few members are present.

• The House was counted out.
• The Speaker counted out the sitting after checking attendance.
• Too few members remained, so the House was counted out.

Synonymes : adjourn

Expressions courantes : count out the house, count out a sitting

écarter par fraude électorale

Empêcher le véritable gagnant d’une élection de prendre ses fonctions en falsifiant le décompte ou les résultats.

En anglais simple : To keep a rightful election winner out of office by falsely counting or reporting votes.

• Officials counted the winner out.
• They counted her out by changing the vote totals.
• The elected candidate was counted out and never took office.

Expressions courantes : count someone out, count out a candidate