count down

/kaʊnt daʊn/
/kaʊnt daʊn/
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Other forms: counting down; counted down; counts down

Definitions of count down
  1. verb
    count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example
    see moresee less
    type of:
    count
    name or recite the numbers in ascending order
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