| 单词 | to run on, upon tick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run on, upon (†in) tick 1. Phrases. on or upon (†the) tick, on credit, on trust (cf. on ticket at ticket n.1 7a); to go on tick (also go tick), to run on, upon (†in) tick, to buy on credit, run into debt. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adverb] > on credit to fristc1440 on (also upon, of) trust1509 on (also upon) credit1560 in, upon, on (the) score1568 on time1628 on or upon (the) tick1642 upon the tally1807 on the nod1882 on the slate1909 on the cuff1927 on the knocker1934 1642 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 37999 lf. 66 They would haue..run on tick with Piggin for inke and songs, rather than haue lost the show of your presence. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 46 Play on tick, and lose the Indies, I'll discharge it all to morrow. 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. i A poor wretch that goes on tick for the paper he writes his lampoons on! 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. ii. 15 When he had no funds he went on tick. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 4 ‘Going tick’ for everything which could by possibility be booked. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains ii. 100 This villainous habit of living upon ‘tick’. < as lemmas |
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