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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Ready to tick off everyone on your shopping list? Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025 The remaining seven rounds of the 2025 season have 199 points on offer, given the three sprint races that are yet to be ticked off this season, which makes the prospect of Verstappen claiming another title a possibility, especially since the gap to Piastri is 69 points. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Jornet reached the final stretch of Colorado peaks on after methodically ticking off the ten 14ers in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Jayme Moye, Outside, 19 Sep. 2025 Sanders then ticked off a long list of medical organizations—collectively representing hundreds of thousands of doctors—who agree with that fact. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 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 16 Oct. 2025.

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