count off

phrasal verb

counted off; counting off; counts off

: to count numbers that are spaced a certain number apart

The students counted off one by one.

Examples of count off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mulligan then dropped to her knees to give Stone a long hug, and the two spoke quietly into each other's ears during the embrace as an announcer counted off the seconds to the end of the break. —

USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024 In one case, a frontman who never lived seems to count off a nonexistent band. —

Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023 That’s when Ellington looks over at me with a gleam in his eye and counts off the band. —

Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2023 Auburn’s run in the 2023 Southeastern Conference Baseball tournament ended Thursday with an 7-4 loss against rival Alabama at the Hoover Met. Alabama jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Tommy Seidl hit a home run on a 1-0 count off Tigers’ starting pitcher Konner Copeland. —

Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023

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