"count one's chickens" meaning in English

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Verb

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]
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)
  1. Short for count one's chickens before they hatch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: count one's chickens before they hatch
    Sense id: en-count_one's_chickens-en-verb-cVndUgxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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