Tick off meaning
Tick off is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to informally speak severely to someone and criticise their wrongdoing.
- Past simple
- ticked off
- Past participle
- ticked off
- -ing form
- ticking off
What tick off means
criticise wrongdoing severelyB2informal
To informally speak severely to someone and criticise their wrongdoing
The supervisor ticked him off for ignoring the warning.
3 more meanings of tick off are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With tick: tick over.
With off: turn off, take off, cut off, go off, put off, break off, keep off, start off, get off, back off.
Common questions
What does tick off mean?
It has 4 meanings. One of them is to informally speak severely to someone and criticise their wrongdoing. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of tick off?
Ticked off, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
