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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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counted out

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00If someone who's involved in combat sports says: 01b00I've been counted out on several occassions02b00 - does it mean that he wasn't paid as much as he should have been paid, or something else?0-
  

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0 01h3 00No, it means he lost after being 'counted out'. Different sports have different rules but in boxing, for example, if a boxer is knocked down he has 10 seconds to get back up again. 02h3 00 0-

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  • 0 01h3 00No, it means he lost after being 'counted out'.
  • Different sports have different rules but in boxing, for example, if a boxer is knocked down he has 10 seconds to get back up again.
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00No, it means he lost after being 'counted out'. Different sports have different rules but in boxing, for example, if a boxer is knocked down he has 10 seconds to get back up again. If he doesn't, he has been counted out.02h3

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0 It means he has been ruled out of consideration - he has effectively 'lost' his fight.0-
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0I see. So in this context it doesn't mean that he was knocked down and counted out, but just that he was excluded from fights?0-
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0You can be counted in or counted out from consideration.02br
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