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ticked down

ticked down is the simple past and past participle of tick down.

Meaning of tick down

Verb

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

  1. To count the time down to zero.
    • City, predictably, subjected Villa to a sustained spell of pressure as the clock ticked down - and the home team hada [sic] double escape with eight minutes left. De Jong's shot was unwittingly deflected on to his own post by Clark and then Dzeko headed Johnson's cross wide at the far post when he...2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC

Questions about ticked down

What is ticked down the simple past and past participle of?
Ticked down is the simple past and past participle of tick down.

Words near ticked down in the dictionary

  1. ticked all the boxes
  2. ticked and tied
  3. ticked and toyed
  4. ticked away
  5. ticked by
  6. ticked down
  7. ticked off
  8. ticked on
  9. ticked over
  10. ticked past
  11. tickee

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