tick off
verb
ticked off; ticking off; ticks off
1
: to make angry or indignant
the cancellation really ticked me off
Examples of tick off in a Sentence
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
Recent Examples on the Web
As the final seconds ticked off the clock the players hugged and streamers fell from the rafters at Barclays Center.
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Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
The Panthers lined up with No. 12 in the middle, standing still as seconds ticked off the play clock and the crowd, awash in blue, looked on from the stands.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
Once airborne the fully autonomous drone starts ticking off the myriad waypoints.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Another ally recalls how, after hearing small-business owners tick off the burdens of paperwork, Harris worked to automate the way small businesses pay taxes.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
The Panthers lined up with No. 12 in the middle, standing still as seconds ticked off the play clock and the crowd, awash in blue, looked on from the stands.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
Once airborne the fully autonomous drone starts ticking off the myriad waypoints.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Another ally recalls how, after hearing small-business owners tick off the burdens of paperwork, Harris worked to automate the way small businesses pay taxes.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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