down for the count

Speech parts

1. down for the count - Adjective

2. down for the count - Phrase

Meaning

(idiomatic) Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term.

(figuratively) Unconscious or sound asleep.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

cooked belly-up hors de combat fast asleep

Antonyms

victorious conquering invincible invulnerable insurmountable impregnable
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Examples

Look, Jeyaretnam can't win the infighting. I'll tell you why. WE are in charge. Every government ministry and department is under our control. And in the infighting, he will go down for the count every time... I will make him crawl on his bended knees, and beg for mercy. Lee Kuan Yew

Words in the phrase

down for the count

Close letter words and terms

down east Down Easter down feather down gust Down Hatherley down heap