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ticks down

ticks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is ticks down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ticks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tick down.

Words near ticks down in the dictionary

  1. ticks all the boxes
  2. ticks and ties
  3. ticks and toys
  4. ticks away
  5. ticks by
  6. ticks down
  7. ticks off
  8. ticks on
  9. ticks over
  10. ticks past
  11. tickseed

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