Idiom
count to three
Meaning
Synonym of count to ten.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I will count to three before you must stop playing.”
“If you do not put that toy down while I count to three, you will lose your turn.”
“The frustrated parent warned the misbehaving child that he would count to three before taking away his privileges for the rest of the evening.”
Examples
simple
“I will count to three before you must stop playing.”
contextual
“If you do not put that toy down while I count to three, you will lose your turn.”
complex
“The frustrated parent warned the misbehaving child that he would count to three before taking away his privileges for the rest of the evening.”
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