out for the count
Deeply, completely asleep
Out for the count means deeply asleep or unconscious, from boxing where a fighter knocked down for a ten-count loses the match.
Someone out for the count is so thoroughly asleep they won't be roused easily: Don't bother waking him—he's out for the count.
The phrase can also describe being exhausted or incapacitated: After the surgery, she was out for the count for two days.
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- knocked outRendered unconscious by impact
- senselessLacking reason or awareness
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
hit the canvas · out like a light · passed out · insensible · knockdown · beaten · out cold · unconscious · floored · dead to the world · fast asleep · sleeping like a log · vanquished · asleep · slumbering · saw logs · deep sleep · TKO
out for the countwide awake
Totally alert and attentive
conscious · awake · alert · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · up
out for the countback on your feet
still standing · in the running · back in the game · fighting fit · ready to go
out for the countfull of energy
wide awake · up and about · alive and kicking · full of beans · raring to go
count, outing, outer, outward, outwardly, counts, counted, counting, counter