to annoy someone
to count things on your fingers as you talk about them
to put the symbol ✓ next to something on a list to show that you have dealt with it
to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong
He held his pencil ready to tick off the point on his list.
He ticked me off for parking in front of his house.
I ticked off the children’s names as they arrived.
It was as if he were watching the scoreboard clock tick off the final days of his career.
It's so good of you to come considering...' she trailed off and quickly flicked through the guest list to tick off their names.
She began ticking off on her fingers, ‘one: I’m hungry, two: I’m thirsty and three: I’m tired.’
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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