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count one's days en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To prepare for imminent retribution or termination.
    • Ahahahahaha the net closes, count your days Paddington you little cunt 2024 October 22, @lesthecroc, Twitter:
    • 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
counts one's days Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
counted one's days Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counted one's days Tense=Past lexicographic
counting one's days Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

one's days are numbered · say one's prayers