count me out
I'll pass, thanks
Count me out is a way of declining participation or excluding oneself from a plan or activity.
It's the opposite of count me in: If you're going skydiving, count me out.
The phrase comes from the idea of not being counted among those taking part.
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- abstainDeliberately not do
- declineDecrease or refuse
- no thanksPolite declination phrase
- say noVerbally reject something
hard pass · oppose · exclusion · withdraw · renounce · disagree · not my thing · disengage · pass · step aside · back off · resign · veto · resist · protest · step back · recuse · nonconformity
- expressions of disassociationnot my problem, none of my business, not affiliated, denial, disclaimer
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- participationjoin in, take part, membership, attendance, voting
- sarcastic phraseswhatever, who cares, yeah right, so what, why bother
- Boundary phrasesno, stop, enough, boundaries, off limits
- expressions of disavowalnot me, no way, I deny it, never, not guilty
count, out, counts, counted, counting, counter, counters, countable, uncountable