count out

1. 1.

   declare the loser

   Broaderdeclare

   boxing

Questions about count out

What does count out mean?

count out means "declare the loser".

Is count out a common word?

count out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.