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ticking down

ticking down is the present participle and gerund 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 ticking down

What is ticking down the present participle and gerund of?
Ticking down is the present participle and gerund of tick down.

Words near ticking down in the dictionary

  1. ticking bomb
  2. ticking bombs
  3. ticking by
  4. ticking clock
  5. ticking clocks
  6. ticking down
  7. ticking off
  8. ticking on
  9. ticking over
  10. ticking past
  11. ticking time bomb

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