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(Entry 1 of 2)
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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- generalize
tick off
verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of tick off (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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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- berate,
- castigate,
- chew out,
- dress down,
- flay,
- harangue,
- jaw,
- keelhaul,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lecture,
- rail (at or against),
- rate,
- scold,
- score,
- upbraid
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2
to make angry
- it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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“Tick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick%20%28off%29. Accessed 28 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of tick (off) was in 1915
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