take the count | Idiomator

Meaning: (boxing)To beknocked out.; (boxing)To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.1916December 19, Chris Cozzone, Jim Boggio, quoting Rocky Mountain News,Fighter is Killed at National Club by Blow on Head,2013, quoted inBoxing in New Mexico, 1868-1940,→ISBN, page184:Apparently ignorant of the rules of the ring which permit a fighter knocked to the floor totake the countof nine, he staggered to his feet, only to be met with another blow before he could collect his senses sufficiently to 'cover?'2011, Allen Bodner, quoting Herbie Kronowitz,When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport, SUNY Press,→ISBN, page143:But if a boxer is knocked down, he can always take an 'eight' count and not get up after two or three seconds. Those extra five or six seconds give you a chance to clear your head. To try to gather your reflexes, come to yourself. A friend of mine, Ruby Kessler in Ebbets Field, we fought in the same show that night. And Pete Scanlon dropped 'im. And Ruby jumped right up, and he was shakin' and they were hollerin' from the corner, 'Get down, get down,take the count,take the count.'; (idiomatic)Toloseorfail.1916, Tom Parry, quoting letter to theYorkshire Post, “Football heroes of England and Wales lined up for far deadlier battle 100 years ago”, inDaily Mirror‎[1], published2016:He led his men with great dash and when hit the first time declined totake the count. Instead, he drew his revolver and called for further effort. Again he was hit,but struggled on, but a third shot finally bowled him over.

Examples:

EN: When I take the count, it'll be for my own mistakes.
ES: Cuando yo caiga, será por mis propios errores.
EN: Tell her you'll take the count any round she wants.
ES: Díganle que te tirarás en el asalto que quiera.
EN: No, but... I've seen a couple of heavyweights take the count when they tried.
ES: No, pero las he visto lidiar con unos pesos pesados.
EN: They say they'll take the count away in a straitjacket.
ES: No hay más remedio que ponerle al conde la camisa de fuerza.
EN: La Motta watches Sugar Ray take the count from the referee.
ES: La Motta observa a Sugar Ray recibir el conteo del árbitro.
ID: La Motta melihat Sugar Ray sedang di hitung oleh wasit!
EN: You take the count.
ES: Lleva la cuenta.
ES: Te dejas caer.
EN: No one seemed to take the count seriously, or what he did.
ES: Nadie parecía tomar en serio al conde, o lo que él hacía.
EN: Now you take the count over there, He's english aristocracy, though nobody can prove it.
ES: Ahora fíjate allí, un aristócrata ingles, aunque nadie puede probarlo.
EN: Let me take the count of ten
HI: मैं दस की ऐ लेना सोनिये
EN: You'd take the count, you'd gift him the cash. Is that it?
ID: Kau terima kekalahan, kau berikan uang tunai padanya.

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