"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tick verbo

tick + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
tick boxes • tick Tock • tick clocks
(1) box, clock
Kolokacji: 2
1. tick boxes = pudła tykania tick boxes
  • Quite how that can be achieved with our present education system, which is all about ticking boxes and meeting targets is beyond my comprehension.
  • Draw a line here, set a target there, tick boxes everywhere.
  • Another came to tick boxes on a form, asking questions about how much fluid Mum had consumed.
  • Small and crammed with ticking black-paneled boxes, it left little room for the two of them.
  • Is a national test at 7 years old where you tick boxes the best way to judge a child?
  • And some, I'm sure, like the comfort of knowing they have ticked boxes.
  • Tick boxes, maybe, but if they were not keeping records things could slip below the radar more easily.
  • For some, the whole process is perceived with cynicism, anxiety or as a massive amount of work simply ticking boxes.
  • We will not pay for good intentions, or for ticking procedural boxes, but by the results achieved.
  • And you need to tick certain boxes in that short period of time.
2. tick clocks = zegary tykania tick clocks
(2) Tock
Kolokacji: 1
verbo + tick
Kolokacji: 3
start ticking • begin ticking • keep ticking
tick + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
tick off • tick over • tick down • tick in • tick on • ...
tick + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 6
tick away • tick loudly • tick slowly • tick quietly • tick softly • ...

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