count the hours

verb

To await or look forward to something with great eagerness.

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Meanings

verbcount the hours (third-person singular simple present counts the hours, present participle counting the hours, simple past and past participle counted the hours)

present singular third person counts the hours · participle present counting the hours · participle past counted the hours · past counted the hours

  1. To await or look forward to something with great eagerness.

    She pushed open the door. "Come in. Cooper's driving me crazy. He's been counting the hours."

    2011, Gail Gaymer Martin, A Dad of His Own, page 24
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count the hours. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20the%20hours

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“count the hours.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20the%20hours. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “count the hours,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/count%20the%20hours.

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