Collocations for "tally"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tally" in context.
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tally
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- take a tally of
- is keeping a tally of (how many)
- a tally of [votes, ballots, cases, wounded soldiers]
- a tally of the [wounded, injured, dead]
- keep an accurate tally
- keep a tally of how much you are spending
- unofficial tallies [show, reveal, indicate] that
- takes his tally to ten [goals, touchdowns]
- the tally is [likely, expected] to [rise, overtake, increase]
- the tally has [risen] (to)
- (prisoners) chalked the tally of days
- tally the [votes, score, wounded]
- tally up the [votes]
- tally the [votes] up
- the [stories, accounts, versions] don't tally
- tally by [hand, type, number]
'tally' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):