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tick over

verb

  1. Alsoidle (of an engine) to run at low speed with the throttle control closed and the transmission disengaged
  2. to run smoothly without any major changes

    keep the firm ticking over until I get back

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. the speed of an engine when it is ticking over
    2. ( as modifier )

      tick-over speed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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