tick away/by/past
phrasal verb
ticked away/by/past; ticking away/by/past; ticks away/by/past
of time
: to pass or go by
Time is ticking away.
She became impatient as the hours ticked by.
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The post comes as the time until a governmental shutdown continues to tick away.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
The years tick by, and László continues to try to square his professional ambitions with the oppressive power of the Van Burens, while Erzsébet slowly gets better, and even alights on a career of her own (helped, of course, by the Van Burens).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
As the minutes tick by and the tension grows, the men debate such issues as whether to show the terrorists on camera.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Somehow, with their final timeout unused, the Bears let the game’s final 32 seconds tick away with only one snap being taken — a helter-skelter, audibled deep shot from Williams to Rome Odunze that fell incomplete as time expired.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
The years tick by, and László continues to try to square his professional ambitions with the oppressive power of the Van Burens, while Erzsébet slowly gets better, and even alights on a career of her own (helped, of course, by the Van Burens).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
As the minutes tick by and the tension grows, the men debate such issues as whether to show the terrorists on camera.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Somehow, with their final timeout unused, the Bears let the game’s final 32 seconds tick away with only one snap being taken — a helter-skelter, audibled deep shot from Williams to Rome Odunze that fell incomplete as time expired.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Tick away/by/past.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20away%2Fby%2Fpast. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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