Tick over meaning
Tick over is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is for a business, role, or system to keep operating while making little progress.
- Past simple
- ticked over
- Past participle
- ticked over
- -ing form
- ticking over
What tick over means
activity continues slowlyB2
For a business, role, or system to keep operating while making little progress
The shop merely ticked over during the quiet winter months.
1 more meaning of tick over is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With tick: tick off.
With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, change over, do over, get over, give over, give something over to something/someone, give yourself over to.
Common questions
What does tick over mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is for a business, role, or system to keep operating while making little progress. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of tick over?
Ticked over, 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.
