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
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That shot into the left corner ticked off Pickford's hand.
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ABC News, 17 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Making a mockery of the most dangerous act affecting the integrity of competitions is a great way to tick off everyone from Hocutt’s fellow Big 12 ADs to their counterparts in other conferences to Power 4 commissioners to the president of the NCAA.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Week after week, his digits splayed across his helmet in anguish after passes ticked off his hands and into the grass.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
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ABC News, 17 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Making a mockery of the most dangerous act affecting the integrity of competitions is a great way to tick off everyone from Hocutt’s fellow Big 12 ADs to their counterparts in other conferences to Power 4 commissioners to the president of the NCAA.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Week after week, his digits splayed across his helmet in anguish after passes ticked off his hands and into the grass.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for tick off
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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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