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
While attending the Daddio premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor slipped into a fall 2024 Gucci dress that ticked off all the boxes.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 June 2024
Yet none of those legal battles got much coverage and certainly didn’t tick off brand-conscious league officials enough to reprimand him.
—Gene Demby, NPR, 10 June 2024
This all leaves a clearer road ahead for Starship: Become operational, start flying Starlink satellites, and begin ticking off the technical challenges for Artemis.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
In retrospect, there could not have been a song more perfectly designed to tick off the authenticity police — didn’t Swift know that real New Yorkers stayed up till 3 a.m. doing drugs with Fabrizio Moretti in the bathroom of Mars Bar?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Large crowds had gathered at the Storrs campus ahead of the Huskies’ matchup against Purdue and the victory celebrations began even before the final seconds ticked off the clock, as UConn stormed to a convincing double-digit win to cap off a historic season with another NCAA tournament victory.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
His third and fourth points were the product of a meaningless layup as the final seconds ticked off.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 May 2024
On the other there were the people ticked off by the knowledge that there was any backlash at all.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 16 May 2024
As the final seconds ticked off the clock at the Class 2A girls basketball state championship game, the Francis Scott Key faithful in attendance at the University of Maryland’s Xfinity Center gave Drew Watkins one final standing ovation before the Eagles fell to Hammond, 65-46.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 June 2024
Yet none of those legal battles got much coverage and certainly didn’t tick off brand-conscious league officials enough to reprimand him.
—Gene Demby, NPR, 10 June 2024
This all leaves a clearer road ahead for Starship: Become operational, start flying Starlink satellites, and begin ticking off the technical challenges for Artemis.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
In retrospect, there could not have been a song more perfectly designed to tick off the authenticity police — didn’t Swift know that real New Yorkers stayed up till 3 a.m. doing drugs with Fabrizio Moretti in the bathroom of Mars Bar?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Large crowds had gathered at the Storrs campus ahead of the Huskies’ matchup against Purdue and the victory celebrations began even before the final seconds ticked off the clock, as UConn stormed to a convincing double-digit win to cap off a historic season with another NCAA tournament victory.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
His third and fourth points were the product of a meaningless layup as the final seconds ticked off.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 May 2024
On the other there were the people ticked off by the knowledge that there was any backlash at all.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 16 May 2024
As the final seconds ticked off the clock at the Class 2A girls basketball state championship game, the Francis Scott Key faithful in attendance at the University of Maryland’s Xfinity Center gave Drew Watkins one final standing ovation before the Eagles fell to Hammond, 65-46.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Tick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tick%20off. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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