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View synonyms for tick off

tick off

verb

  1. to mark with a tick
  2. informal.
    to scold; reprimand
“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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Derived Forms

  • ticking off, noun
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Idioms and Phrases

Infuriate, make angry. For example, That article ticked me off . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s] For a vulgar synonym, see piss off .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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