count against

verb

1. intr, preposition to have influence to the disadvantage of

   your bad timekeeping will count against you

Idioms and Phrases

Be disadvantageous to, as in His earnings this year will count against his Social Security benefits . This idiom uses count in the sense of “make a reckoning,” in this case negative. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

The fact that he had achieved a national fame did not count against other considerations.

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This was the first count against the De Witts--their objection to a Stadtholder.

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Her refusal to marry had so embittered the count against her that he could scarcely endure to have her in his presence.

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Frankly, neither do I, and yet one cannot let a mans appearance count against him.

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It would count against me that I had sewn my money in the lining.

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