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tick off

1. phrasal verb
If you tick off items on a list, you write a tick or other mark next to them, in order to show that they have been dealt with.
[mainly British]
He ticked off my name on a piece of paper. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Tick it off in the box. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
regional note: in AM, usually use check off
2. phrasal verb
If you tick someone off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
[British, informal]
His mum ticked him off at home. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
Abdel felt free to tick him off for smoking too much. [V n P + for]
Traffic police ticked off a pensioner for jumping a red light. [V P n + for]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
3.  See also ticking off
4. phrasal verb
If you say that something ticks you off, you mean that it annoys you.
[US, informal]
I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
She's still ticked off at him for brushing her off and going out with you instead. [V-ed P + at]
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tick off in British English

verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to mark with a tick
2.  informal, mainly British
to scold; reprimand
Derived forms
ticking off or ticking-off
noun

tick off in American English

1.  British, Informal
to reprimand
2.  US, Slang
to make angry or irritable
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Examples of 'tick off' in a sentence
tick off

He held his pencil ready to tick off the point on his list.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
It was as if he were watching the scoreboard clock tick off the final days of his career.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (1997)

In other languages
tick off

British English: tick off /tɪk ɒf/ VERB
If you tick off an item on a list, you put a tick by it to show that it has been dealt with.
He ticked off my name on a piece of paper.
  • American English: check off
  • Arabic: يَضِعُ عَلَامَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: assinalar
  • Chinese: 用记号勾出
  • Croatian: označiti kvačicom
  • Czech: odškrtnout označit jako hotové
  • Danish: sætte hak ved
  • Dutch: afvinken
  • European Spanish: marcar
  • Finnish: ruksata listalla tehdyksi tms.
  • French: cocher
  • German: abhaken
  • Greek: σημαδεύω
  • Italian: spuntare
  • Japanese: チェックする
  • Korean: 체크하다
  • Norwegian: krysse av
  • Polish: odhaczyć w tekście
  • European Portuguese: assinalar
  • Romanian: a bifa
  • Russian: отмечать галочкой
  • Latin American Spanish: marcar
  • Swedish: bocka av
  • Thai: ทำเครื่องหมายขีด
  • Turkish: imlemek
  • Ukrainian: відзначати
  • Vietnamese: đánh dấu

Chinese translation of 'tick off'

tick off

vt

  1. (esp Brit) [item on list] 给 ... 打钩 (gěi ... dǎ gōu)
    美 = check off
  2. (Brit, inf, = scold) 责(責)骂(罵) (zémà)
  3. (US, inf, = annoy) 使厌(厭)烦(煩) (shǐ yànfán)
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