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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as in to admonish
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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2
as in to anger
to make angry
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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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
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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
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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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