I'd say B, thinking about it coming to an end.
To refute something means to prove that something is not true, wrong, incorrect. So the answer would be none of those... I would choose B, it's close in meaning.
But id the questions ask what is the antonym, then the answer would be A.<span /><span />
Answer: I guess its a way to count down for a race in the mid 1800s
Explanation:
One for the money, two for the show is half of a rhyme used as a countdown to begin a task. The entire rhyme is: one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready and four to go. Children have used this little poem since the mid-1800s as a countdown to starting a race or competition.
Belief. a writers philosophical assumption refers to their belief of what is true based on knowledge of the subject.