counting noses
Example Sentences
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“I’m not going to be counting noses as to who would support or not support that at this stage, but I may down the road.”
From Fox News • Jan. 28, 2020
And counting noses, they seemed to have the votes to work their will.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Miami's method of counting noses ?was getting heavier every week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Today their fears are less fantastic, more shrewd: they consider counting noses just another way of picking victims for purges, taxation, the army.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then, after "counting noses," Mr. Bunker, his wife and the children got into the auto with Jerry Simms, and started for the depot.
From Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's by Hope, Laura Lee