to make a mark next to items on a list that have been completed
to make someone angry or offended
to be angry with someone
to reprimand someone
to count things off on your fingers
to tell off
to rebuke or scold
give a talking-to
haul over the coals
take to task
I would like to tick off some more items on my list before going home.
Please tick off the learners’ names as they enter the classroom.
His attitude really ticks me off.
I am very ticked off with my sister for using my cell phone without asking.
He ticked me off for forgetting his birthday.
She ticked off all of the things that she still had to do before the end of the day.
Jackie shared things to tick off the list before leaving home for an international holiday.
Please read the complete list and tick off the appropriate boxes.
My decision is going to tick off my entire family.
The most important thing to tick off the list is my mobile phone.
If we make some more money, then a new family car is one more thing we can tick off the list.
There are lots of things I want to tick off the list of things-to-do before I die.
There is no origin for this idiom
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