count heads

To count the number of people in a group to ensure that everyone is present. Everyone, take your seats on the bus so that I can count heads before we leave the museum.

count heads

and count noses

Fig. to count people. I'll tell you how many people are here after I count heads. Let's count noses so we can be sure everyone is back on the bus.

count

heads/noses

To make a count of members, attendees, or participants.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

See also:

count
count noses
count noses, to
count up to
count up to (some number)
count (someone or something) as (something)
count as
count with
count with (one)
count up

References in periodicals archive

It's hard to count heads when you're in the middle of a flag-waving crowd.

TV drama reminds us why we need to check facts amid the fiction

You'll want to count heads, to determine whether anyone is missing.

Ice age a reminder that disaster plans matter

This is not a communal tirade against any person, but if you count heads, the Brahmins are heading all political parties, they hold almost all top position in the bureaucracy, in the police force and at other institutions.

Yanks go Home

With the BJP-appointed speaker claiming that she could not count heads in the din, opposition parties' motion of no confidence against the government was not even debated.

India's democratic institutions under attack

Ariel said he was convinced the Jordanians would only install the cameras to document Jewish visitors so as to increase its monitoring of the prayer ban, "to count heads," to demand a cut in the number of Jewish visitors, and to document Jewish figures they are vetoing from entering the Mount.

Jordan: Only We Can Access Temple Mount Cameras

He has no choice but to count heads and send them out.

It's Heartsbreaking but Scottish football really is hating itself to death

Once a decade, we get asked to count heads because we are a changing nation.

Big count ticks all the boxes; OPINION

Last week, the Turn Verein's board of directors asked selectmen to remove the warning from official records, contending that under state law, Chief Hart was required to stop the event if he questioned the occupancy and count heads to prove it.

Club banishes fire chief; Hart charges retaliation

Enumerators will go to each of the estimated 5 million households to count heads, examine identification, ask about education and profession and register rates of births and deaths.

Iraq to hold first census since '87

Innes said there was no official attendance number last year, but organizers plan to count heads this year

Folk festival gets new name, broadens its offerings

Even today, there persists, within the Jewish community, a reluctance to 'count heads'.

REFLECTIONS; AGENDA

The Whip's principle responsibility is to count heads by polling Members' support of legislation in order to maintain support for the majority leadership's position.

Boehner elected house majority leader; blunt retains position as whip

"We don't count heads, we count attitude," said Ron Coburn of Savage Arms.

SHOT Show 2005 hits high marks!

It was the Chairman's responsibility, for example, to count heads to ensure he had a majority supporting him.

Inside the FOMC: in his new book, a former Fed governor provides a rare glimpse of the inside workings of the Greenspan Federal Reserve

Roman censuses were taken in the provinces not to count heads but to assess for tax.

The first Noel

词组	count heads
释义	count heads count heads To count the number of people in a group to ensure that everyone is present. Everyone, take your seats on the bus so that I can count heads before we leave the museum. See also: count, head Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. count heads and count noses Fig. to count people. I'll tell you how many people are here after I count heads. Let's count noses so we can be sure everyone is back on the bus. See also: count, head McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. count *heads/noses* To make a count of members, attendees, or participants. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: count count noses count noses, to count up to count up to (some number) count (someone or something) as (something) count as count with count with (one) count up References in periodicals archive** It's hard to count heads when you're in the middle of a flag-waving crowd. TV drama reminds us why we need to check facts amid the fiction You'll want to count heads, to determine whether anyone is missing. Ice age a reminder that disaster plans matter This is not a communal tirade against any person, but if you count heads, the Brahmins are heading all political parties, they hold almost all top position in the bureaucracy, in the police force and at other institutions. Yanks go Home With the BJP-appointed speaker claiming that she could not count heads in the din, opposition parties' motion of no confidence against the government was not even debated. India's democratic institutions under attack Ariel said he was convinced the Jordanians would only install the cameras to document Jewish visitors so as to increase its monitoring of the prayer ban, "to count heads," to demand a cut in the number of Jewish visitors, and to document Jewish figures they are vetoing from entering the Mount. Jordan: Only We Can Access Temple Mount Cameras He has no choice but to count heads and send them out. It's Heartsbreaking but Scottish football really is hating itself to death Once a decade, we get asked to count heads because we are a changing nation. Big count ticks all the boxes; OPINION Last week, the Turn Verein's board of directors asked selectmen to remove the warning from official records, contending that under state law, Chief Hart was required to stop the event if he questioned the occupancy and count heads to prove it. Club banishes fire chief; Hart charges retaliation Enumerators will go to each of the estimated 5 million households to count heads, examine identification, ask about education and profession and register rates of births and deaths. Iraq to hold first census since '87 Innes said there was no official attendance number last year, but organizers plan to count heads this year Folk festival gets new name, broadens its offerings Even today, there persists, within the Jewish community, a reluctance to 'count heads'. REFLECTIONS; AGENDA The Whip's principle responsibility is to count heads by polling Members' support of legislation in order to maintain support for the majority leadership's position. Boehner elected house majority leader; blunt retains position as whip "We don't count heads, we count attitude," said Ron Coburn of Savage Arms. SHOT Show 2005 hits high marks! It was the Chairman's responsibility, for example, to count heads to ensure he had a majority supporting him. Inside the FOMC: in his new book, a former Fed governor provides a rare glimpse of the inside workings of the Greenspan Federal Reserve Roman censuses were taken in the provinces not to count heads but to assess for tax. The first Noel
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