tick off
verb
ticked off; ticking off; ticks off
1
: to make angry or indignant
the cancellation really ticked me off
Examples of tick off in a Sentence
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
Recent Examples on the Web
Referees allowed 13 seconds to tick off the clock before play resumed, a nod to Johnny’s jersey number.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
After the game, he was given the Mark Noble Young Hammer of the Year award and David Moyes, having managed his penultimate game, praised the boyhood fan who had ticked off a lifelong dream.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Advertisement Giron, a 31-year-old from Thousand Oaks, ticked off his busy calendar the last few months — Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
As the final seconds ticked off the clock the players hugged and streamers fell from the rafters at Barclays Center.
—Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
After the game, he was given the Mark Noble Young Hammer of the Year award and David Moyes, having managed his penultimate game, praised the boyhood fan who had ticked off a lifelong dream.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Advertisement Giron, a 31-year-old from Thousand Oaks, ticked off his busy calendar the last few months — Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
As the final seconds ticked off the clock the players hugged and streamers fell from the rafters at Barclays Center.
—Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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