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tick by

tick by verb: synonym of tick past.

Verb

tick by (third-person singular simple present ticks by, present participle ticking by, simple past and past participle ticked by)

  1. Synonym of tick past.
    • The minutes ticked by - nine, eight, seven. The screens behind both goals flashed up images of Scotland fans and their 1000-yard stares. Six minutes to play and Frantzdy Pierrot rises above Grant Hanley and nuts one just wide.2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    tick past

Synonyms of tick by

Forms of tick by

third-person singular presentticks by
present participleticking by
past participleticked by
pastticked by

Questions about tick by

What does tick by mean?
Tick by means synonym of tick past.
What part of speech is tick by?
Tick by is a verb.
What is the past tense of tick by?
The past tense of tick by is ticked by.

Words near tick by in the dictionary

  1. tick beans
  2. tick bite
  3. tick bites
  4. tick box
  5. tick boxes
  6. tick by
  7. tick down
  8. tick fever
  9. tick mark
  10. tick marks
  11. tick meat allergy

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