(sometimes, metaphorical) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.
I ticked off Harry today because he announced he was present.
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(North America, transitive) To annoy, aggravate.
In a lengthy missive dispatched the next afternoon, Wheeler ticked off a laundry list of reasons why he could not obey Bragg's order.
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(British, AU, transitive, historically, _, US) To reprimand.
“So many wars here,” says Luo Xin, my walking partner and a brilliant writer and professor of history from Peking University.I ask Luo to name them.Not breaking stride, he ticks off the wars between the Three Kingdoms more than 2,200 yea…
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