count out

(of a person) To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.

“I may not be as young as I used to be, but I can still handle this job. Don't count me out.”

To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.

“The bank teller counted out five twenty-dollar bills and gave them to me.”

To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

“The champ was knocked unconscious and counted out in the third round.”

To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.

To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.