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tick off
verb
put a check mark on or near or next to
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Please check each name on the list

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tick off the items

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mark off the units

• Syn: ↑check, ↑check off, ↑mark, ↑mark off, ↑tick
• Derivationally related forms: ↑check (for: ↑check)
• Hypernyms: ↑verify
• Hyponyms: ↑receipt
• Verb Group:
↑check, ↑check up on, ↑look into, ↑check out, ↑suss out, ↑check over, ↑go over, ↑check into, ↑see, ↑insure, ↑see to it, ↑ensure, ↑control, ↑ascertain, ↑assure
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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tick off [phrasal verb]
1 tick (someone) off or tick off (someone)
1 a US, informal : to make (someone) angry

He really ticks me off sometimes.

She was ticked off by the rude salesclerk.

1 b Brit : to criticize (someone) strongly : to tell (someone) in an angry way that he or she did something wrong

His mother ticked him off for his behavior.

2 tick (someone or something) off or tick off (someone or something)
2 a US : to say the name of (someone or something) as part of a list

Her parents ticked off [=listed] all the reasons she should not have stayed out late.

2 b : to count or mark things as they pass

We are ticking off the days until vacation.

— see also ↑tick 3 (above), 2
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Main Entry: ↑tick

Useful english dictionary. 2012.