tick (off) 1 of 2

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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2 of 2

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To the person ticked off about people playing videos in waiting rooms… bring your own earbuds and play music/videos. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025 An antique cuckoo clock on the mantel ticked off the seconds, a kind of mechanical memento mori. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 13 June 2025 As the final seconds ticked off the clock on Monday night at TCO Stadium, the Mahtomedi girls flag football team started to celebrate. Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 10 June 2025 Clarke ticked off a laundry list of immediate problems that New York Haitian families and businesses would face when the ban goes into effect as soon as Monday. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tick (off)

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“Tick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick%20%28off%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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