and counting

phrase

and counting

phrase
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Idiomatic Used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.

  • This online dictionary has 100,000 articles — and counting.
  • Hurry up: the train leaves in three minutes. No, two minutes and counting!
Related terms
count down, count up

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.