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tick-tock biological clock

tick-tock biological clock phrase: a reminder to a woman that fertility declines with age, and that there is limited time to have a baby.

Phrase

tick-tock biological clock

  1. (informal) A reminder to a woman that fertility declines with age, and that there is limited time to have a baby.
    • Tick-tock, biological clock. If you're a woman and you ever plan on having kids, your time to run off and have adventures and chase your dreams comes with a best-before date.2017, Catherine Ryan Howard, Distress Signals
    • I will break down a lot of the medical jargon and dogma that freaks you out and help you reconnect with the powerful mama you were meant to be. Let's deactivate the "tick tock tick tock biological clock time bomb."2019, Susan G. Schiff, Fertility Fuel

Questions about tick-tock biological clock

What does tick-tock biological clock mean?
Tick-tock biological clock means a reminder to a woman that fertility declines with age, and that there is limited time to have a baby.
What part of speech is tick-tock biological clock?
Tick-tock biological clock is a phrase.

Words near tick-tock biological clock in the dictionary

  1. tick-tack
  2. tick-tack-toe
  3. tick-tacks
  4. tick-tat-toe
  5. tick-tock
  6. tick-tock biological clock
  7. tick-tock model
  8. tick-tocked
  9. tick-tocking
  10. tick-tocks
  11. tick-trefoil

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