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111tick a lot of the boxes — tick all/a lot of the boxes ► to have the right qualities to be a good choice or solution: »This rescue deal ticks all the right boxes. Main Entry: ↑tick …
112tick all boxes — tick all/a lot of the boxes ► to have the right qualities to be a good choice or solution: »This rescue deal ticks all the right boxes. Main Entry: ↑tick …
113tick all/a lot of the boxes — ► to have the right qualities to be a good choice or solution: »This rescue deal ticks all the right boxes. Main Entry: ↑tick …
114tick-tack-toe — 1884, probably an extension of tick tack (1580s), a form of backgammon, possibly from M.Fr. trictrac, perhaps imitative of the sound of tiles on the board …
115tick someone off — tick (someone) off to make someone angry. It just ticks me off to think that anyone who wants to can read my e mail. It was only a suggestion, not a criticism, and she didn t think it would tick off everyone at the meeting …
116tick off — tick (someone) off to make someone angry. It just ticks me off to think that anyone who wants to can read my e mail. It was only a suggestion, not a criticism, and she didn t think it would tick off everyone at the meeting …
117tick all the right boxes — To meet or fit the criteria or expectations. For example, This product ticked all the right boxes for me , or That applicant s interview didn t go so well; it didn t tick any of my boxes …
118tick fever — n. any infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a tick, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever …
119tick-tack — tickˈ tack noun 1. Ticking of a clock, etc 2. (also ticˈ tac) bookmakers telegraphy by arm signals 3. See also ↑trick track adverb With recurring ticking • • • Main Entry: ↑tick …
120tick down — (of time) to move inexorably towards a deadline • • • Main Entry: ↑tick …
