"down for the count" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphorical reference to the sport of boxing, where a contestant loses a match if knocked down and unable to get up before a referee has counted to ten.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "countout"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
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      "word": "count out"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lost to the world"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saved by the bell"
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Harold MacGrath, chapter 7, in The Place of Honeymoons",
          "text": "But what puts me down for the count is the action of the fellow. Never showed up; just made her miss two performances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 November 4, Allan Kozinn, “Despite Odds, Many of Them, A Bedeviled Orchestra Persists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But every time the music world thought it was down for the count, the orchestra has managed to rise again.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 March 11, “Veni, Vidi, Gucci”, in Time, archived from the original on 2013-05-11",
          "text": "So, while Europe is still groggy and the U.S. is just starting to show signs of a pulse (and Japan of course is still down for the count), little Korea will grow anywhere from 3.2% to 6% this year.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term."
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          "beaten",
          "beaten"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
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          "irrelevant",
          "irrelevant"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Boxing",
          "orig": "en:Boxing",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unconscious or sound asleep."
      ],
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          "unconscious"
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          "sound asleep",
          "sound asleep"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Unconscious or sound asleep."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
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        "Australia"
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  "word": "down for the count"
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  "etymology_text": "A metaphorical reference to the sport of boxing, where a contestant loses a match if knocked down and unable to get up before a referee has counted to ten.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "countout"
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    {
      "word": "lost to the world"
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    {
      "word": "saved by the bell"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Harold MacGrath, chapter 7, in The Place of Honeymoons",
          "text": "But what puts me down for the count is the action of the fellow. Never showed up; just made her miss two performances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 November 4, Allan Kozinn, “Despite Odds, Many of Them, A Bedeviled Orchestra Persists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "But every time the music world thought it was down for the count, the orchestra has managed to rise again.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 March 11, “Veni, Vidi, Gucci”, in Time, archived from the original on 2013-05-11",
          "text": "So, while Europe is still groggy and the U.S. is just starting to show signs of a pulse (and Japan of course is still down for the count), little Korea will grow anywhere from 3.2% to 6% this year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Decisively",
          "decisive"
        ],
        [
          "beaten",
          "beaten"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
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          "irrelevant",
          "irrelevant"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unconscious or sound asleep."
      ],
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          "Unconscious",
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          "sound asleep",
          "sound asleep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Unconscious or sound asleep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "down for the count"
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