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ticked over

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

Meaning of tick over

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to idle (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear).
  2. (idiomatic, of) To run smoothly and without problems.
    • While the boss was on holiday, the deputy made sure things were ticking over in the firm.

Questions about ticked over

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

Words near ticked over in the dictionary

  1. ticked away
  2. ticked by
  3. ticked down
  4. ticked off
  5. ticked on
  6. ticked over
  7. ticked past
  8. tickee
  9. tickees
  10. ticker
  11. ticker symbol

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