"count off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: counts off [present, singular, third-person], counting off [participle, present], counted off [participle, past], counted off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} count off (third-person singular simple present counts off, present participle counting off, simple past and past participle counted off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To count (a number of things), typically aloud. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: count-off [noun]

Inflected forms

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