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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)An expression used to describe or recommend a process for pausing to regain one'scomposurewhen one is on the verge oflosing one's temper.1994June 10, Kay Ewbank, “Computers: Confessions of a database designer”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved10 July 2015:There is a temptation at this point to jump up and down, shouting about how often you have asked about that point. Instead,count to ten.2001June 24, John Cloud, “Of Arms And The Boy”, inTime, retrieved10 July 2015:Bok believes that media violence undermines . . . psychological mechanisms that allow people to bounce back and tocount to 10before they lash out.2007April 15, Gary Miller, “Letters to the Editor”, inNew York Times, retrieved10 July 2015:We need to step back, take a deep breath andcount to ten.
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