"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tick verbo

tick + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
tick boxes • tick Tock • tick clocks
verbo + tick
Kolokacji: 3
start ticking • begin ticking • keep ticking
tick + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
tick off • tick over • tick down • tick in • tick on • ...
2. tick in = zaznaczać w tick in
3. tick on = zaznaczać na tick on
4. tick over = pracować na biegu jałowym tick over
  • A small trainer like me has a job to tick over, let alone make a living, but he always comes to the rescue.
  • Although I will pop into the gym for half an hour every morning, just to keep things ticking over.
  • No taxes to pay, cash coming in to keep us ticking over.
  • But something had begun to tick over in my mind.
  • I put a few quid in the new account and let it tick over.
  • The universe had nearly stopped, waiting for that ultimate second to tick over.
  • There was something strange about this, and suddenly it ticked over in his mind.
  • Just about enough pressure to keep the paddles ticking over.
  • My husband earns about £29,500 a year, and we're ticking over.
  • Senior staff are not striking, so will keep the machinery of government ticking over.
5. tick down = zaznacz w dół tick down
6. tick off on = odhaczać na tick off on
tick + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 6
tick away • tick loudly • tick slowly • tick quietly • tick softly • ...

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