Daily life
count down the hours
wait impatiently
To count the remaining hours while waiting eagerly for something to happen.
Hear it in real life
Are you excited about the trip?
Absolutely. I'm counting down the hours.
I'm counting down the hours until I can finally take a few days off.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm counting up the hours until my holiday.
Say: I'm counting down the hours until my holiday.
Use "down" to show that the remaining time is getting shorter as you wait eagerly.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
count down the hours till/until something; be counting down the hours till/until something
Your turn: say it out loud
I'm counting down the hours until I can finally take a few days off.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
count down the hours
wait impatiently
“I'm counting down the hours until I can finally take a few days off.”
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