tick off
Phrasal verbto put a mark (✓) beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with; to speak angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth wrong
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- 1
tick sb / sth off
to put a mark (✓) beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with
- 2
tick sb offinformalBritish
to speak angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth wrong
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tick sb offinformalAmerican
to make sb angry or annoyed
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I should be royally ticked off at you.
Juno (2007)64:30
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