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
Recent Examples on the Web
He’s ticked off 41 states so far, and plans to run his last in Hartford, Connecticut, this October.
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Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2024
Another key aspect that’s often misunderstood is the difference between merely ticking off compliance checklists and actually building a comprehensive infosec program.
—Justin Rende, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Fiennes’s casting also speaks to the rarity of a celebrated film and stage actor with an appetite to tick off a personal Shakespearean bucket list.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Jason Reitman took over the directorial duties from his father Ivan, who passed away four months after the film’s premiere, and the whole thing very much feels like a son paying tribute to his dad while ticking off franchise boxes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Lindsay Gottlieb hunched over the back of USC forward Rayah Marshall’s chair as ESPN ticked off names.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The only thing that would tick off Trump voters more than a Biden endorsement would be a cutaway to Swift’s luxury suite catching her shot-gunning Bud Lights with Dylan Mulvaney, Colin Kaepernick and Hunter Biden.
—Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Johnson walked off with 2:12 left, roughly the same amount of time remaining in the second half as had ticked off in the first, when Malik Reneau collided with Iowa’s Ben Krikke and went to the floor in pain.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
As the final 90 seconds ticked off the scoreboard at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday night, Ravens veteran wide receiver and pied piper Odell Beckham Jr. pulled Zay Flowers in close.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2024
Another key aspect that’s often misunderstood is the difference between merely ticking off compliance checklists and actually building a comprehensive infosec program.
—Justin Rende, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Fiennes’s casting also speaks to the rarity of a celebrated film and stage actor with an appetite to tick off a personal Shakespearean bucket list.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Jason Reitman took over the directorial duties from his father Ivan, who passed away four months after the film’s premiere, and the whole thing very much feels like a son paying tribute to his dad while ticking off franchise boxes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Lindsay Gottlieb hunched over the back of USC forward Rayah Marshall’s chair as ESPN ticked off names.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The only thing that would tick off Trump voters more than a Biden endorsement would be a cutaway to Swift’s luxury suite catching her shot-gunning Bud Lights with Dylan Mulvaney, Colin Kaepernick and Hunter Biden.
—Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Johnson walked off with 2:12 left, roughly the same amount of time remaining in the second half as had ticked off in the first, when Malik Reneau collided with Iowa’s Ben Krikke and went to the floor in pain.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
As the final 90 seconds ticked off the scoreboard at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday night, Ravens veteran wide receiver and pied piper Odell Beckham Jr. pulled Zay Flowers in close.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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