Daily life
tick something off
mark as completed
To tick something off is to mark it as finished on a list.
Hear it in real life
Have you booked the tickets?
Yes, I ticked that off my list this morning.
I always tick each task off my list before I go to bed.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I ticked my tasks from the list.
Say: I ticked my tasks off the list.
Include off when you mean marking tasks as completed on a list.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
tick something off; tick things off a list
Your turn: say it out loud
I always tick each task off my list before I go to bed.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
tick something off
mark as completed
“I always tick each task off my list before I go to bed.”
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