- tick someone off
- tv. to make someone angry. (See also ticked (off).)□ That really ticks me off! CD Doesn’t that tick off everyone?
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tick someone off — Brit. informal reprimand or rebuke someone. → tick tick someone off N. Amer. informal make someone annoyed or angry. → tick … English new terms dictionary
tick 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 … New idioms dictionary
tick someone off — (Brit. informal).See reprimand verb. → tick * * * 1) informal make someone annoyed or angry 2) Brit. informal reprimand or rebuke someone he was ticked off by Angela | [as n.] … Useful english dictionary
tick sb off — UK US tick sb/sth off Phrasal Verb with tick({{}}/tɪk/ verb [T] UK (US check) UK (US check sb/sth off) ► to put a symbol next to a name, etc. on a list to show that something has been done or dealt with, someone is present, etc.: »Tick off all… … Financial and business terms
tick sth off — UK US tick sb/sth off Phrasal Verb with tick({{}}/tɪk/ verb [T] UK (US check) UK (US check sb/sth off) ► to put a symbol next to a name, etc. on a list to show that something has been done or dealt with, someone is present, etc.: »Tick off all… … Financial and business terms
ˌtick sb ˈoff — phrasal verb informal 1) British to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong 2) American to annoy someone … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
tick 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 … New idioms dictionary
tick off — verb put a check mark on or near or next to Please check each name on the list tick off the items mark off the units • Syn: ↑check, ↑check off, ↑mark, ↑mark off, ↑tick … Useful english dictionary
tick — tick1 noun 1》 Brit. a mark ( ) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen. 2》 a regular short, sharp sound, especially that made every second by a clock or watch. ↘Brit. informal a moment. 3》 Stock Exchange… … English new terms dictionary
tick — I. /tɪk / (say tik) noun 1. a slight, sharp recurring click or beat, as of a clock. 2. Colloquial a moment or instant: hang on just a tick. 3. a small mark, as a hooked, sloping dash (formed by two strokes at an acute angle) serving to draw… …
