tick off

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English

Verb

tick off (third-person singular simple present ticks off, present participle ticking off, simple past and past participle ticked off)

  1. Template:sometimes To sign with a tick.
    I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.
    I ticked three things off the list in my head, and had only four chores left to do.
  2. To list (create or recite a list).
    • 2010, David A. Powell, Failure in the Saddle, Savas Beatie, ISBN 9781932714876, page 68 [1]:
      In a lengthy missive dispatched the next afternoon, Wheeler ticked off a laundry list of reasons why he could not obey Bragg's order.
  3. Template:idiomatic To annoy, aggravate.
    It really ticks me off when people don't use proper punctuation marks.
  4. Template:British To reprimand.
    Fred was ticked off by the teacher for playing around in class.

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