as in to list
to specify one after another
ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list
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1
as in to admonish
to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised
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2
as in to anger
to make angry
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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Recent Examples of tick (off)
Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Raul's appointment would also tick off another box in that Ancelotti has reportedly wanted another member to join his coaching group.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The soaring vermilion bridge is one of the first sights that most transplants tick off their must-see list, and Ashwini’s work took her all around San Francisco.
—Longreads, 10 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile Beard ticked off his something borrowed by wearing a tie handed down by his father from 1981.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
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Another ally recalls how, after hearing small-business owners tick off the burdens of paperwork, Harris worked to automate the way small businesses pay taxes.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Raul's appointment would also tick off another box in that Ancelotti has reportedly wanted another member to join his coaching group.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
The soaring vermilion bridge is one of the first sights that most transplants tick off their must-see list, and Ashwini’s work took her all around San Francisco.
—Longreads, 10 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile Beard ticked off his something borrowed by wearing a tie handed down by his father from 1981.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Tick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick%20%28off%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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