remain down

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To be counted out; to stay on the canvas while the referee counts to ten: In boxing or similar combat sports, this term specifically means that a fighter who has been knocked down does not stand up before the referee finishes a ten-count, resulting in a knockout loss.
Usage
  • This verb is used almost exclusively in the context of professional boxing, wrestling, or other combat sports with a knockdown count rule.
  • It describes the specific action (or inaction) of a fallen competitor that leads to the official end of the match.
  • It is typically used in the past tense (e.g., ) or as an infinitive (e.g., ).
Examples
  • Verb:
    • The champion was hit with a powerful right hook and remained down for the full count.
    • If a fighter cannot continue, the wisest decision is to remain down.
    • He chose to remain down, accepting the knockout loss rather than risk further injury.
Advanced Usage
  • "to remain down and out": This is a common collocation in sports journalism, combining the specific action () with the resulting state (, meaning knocked out).
    • After the devastating blow, the contender remained down and out for several minutes.
Variants and Related Words
  • Knockout (n): The result of a fighter remaining down for the referee's count.
  • Count (n): The referee's act of counting seconds, during which a downed fighter must stand to continue.
  • Get up (v): The opposite action; to rise before the count is finished.
Synonyms
  • Be counted out: The official phrasing for the result of remaining down.
  • Fail to rise: A more general description of the action.
  • Stay down: A near-identical phrasal verb with the same meaning in this context.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Go down: To be knocked to the canvas.
    • He went down in the third round but managed to get up before the count of ten.
  • Stay down: To deliberately choose not to get up after being knocked down.
    • Seeing he was badly hurt, his corner advised him to stay down.
Related Idioms
  • Take the full count: An idiom meaning to be knocked out by remaining down for the referee's ten-count.
    • The veteran boxer refused to take the full count, struggling to his feet at eight.
Verb
  1. be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten

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