count one's chickens in English

Forms: counts one's chickens [present, singular, third-person], counting one's chickens [participle, present], counted one's chickens [participle, past], counted one's chickens [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} count one's chickens (third-person singular simple present counts one's chickens, present participle counting one's chickens, simple past and past participle counted one's chickens)

Inflected forms

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"count one's chickens" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms