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Phrase(s): count something as something
to treat or think of something as being a certain thing. • I count this as a win. • Did you count that one as a fair ball?, Phrase(s): count someone or something as something
to consider someone to be a particular type of person. • I count Todd as one of the possible candidates. • I count this entry as a definite prizewinner.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs