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count against
verb
- intr, preposition to have influence to the disadvantage of
your bad timekeeping will count against you
Idioms and Phrases
Be disadvantageous to, as in His earnings this year will count against his Social Security benefits . This idiom uses count in the sense of “make a reckoning,” in this case negative. [Early 1900s]Example Sentences
Kraven bombed at the box office last year, though, which could count against him.
In the bottom of the first inning, in an 0-and-1 count against Cubs right-hander Cody Poteet, Muncy took a called ball that was at the knees and over the inside corner of the plate.
In his live batting practice on Saturday, for example, Miller dropped an expletive after falling behind in the count against a couple of hitters — a flashback to moments over the past couple years when Miller’s fiery demeanor has gotten the better of him in games.
But the album's excessive length - including a few weaker tracks in its latter half - could count against it.
Only minor signings of $10,000 or less didn’t count against the team’s international bonus pool.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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