tick off
verb
to mark with a tick
ticking off
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a word derived from
tick off.
Example Sentences
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"Is it because they really, really love the area and think it's so wonderful to see the view, or are they just ticking off another box on their to-do list?"
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
He also got emotional while tracing his Glasgow roots on the show, which finds the 78-year-old actor and comedian ticking off items on his travel bucket list.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
The exasperation over a lost water bottle, the frustration of mismatched shin guards, the stress of ticking off a mental check-list when rushing out the door—I loved how ordinary these problems felt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
“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 ● Sep. 11, 2025
They also knew that there was a string of DNA at the end of each chromosome called a telomere, which shortened a tiny bit each time a cell divided, like time ticking off a clock.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
