tick off

verb

1. to mark with a tick

2. informal,  to scold; reprimand

Other Word Forms

• ticking off noun

Idioms and Phrases

Infuriate, make angry. For example, That article ticked me off. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s] For a vulgar synonym, see piss off.

Example Sentences

“If you look in Hollywood, the best partnerships have all been brothers,” he said, ticking off several successful movie business sibling partnerships including the Disneys, Warners and Nolans.

From Los Angeles Times

“Unfortunately, when you go to the human doctor they do not ever routinely offer these tests, unless you, like, pull this tick off of you and you have a fever.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s so rooted in misogyny, the way cheerleading is viewed in our culture,” she says before ticking off comparisons between the two professions.

From Los Angeles Times

“The laws. All the rights taken away from women. The stuff with ICE,” Zamora said, ticking off her frustrations as she stopped outside the post office in the Central Valley community of Los Banos.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the Northern Irishman's triumph at Augusta, Scheffler has responded by doubling his major tally and ticking off another two legs in his own slam hunt.

From BBC

Related Words

• afflict 
• agitate 
• annoy 
• displease 
• disquiet 
• disturb 
• embarrass 
• exasperate 
• gall 
• infuriate 
• irk 
• irritate 
• offend 
• peeve 
• perplex 
• rile 
• torment