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tick past

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To continue over time.

intransitive, transitive

Examples

The years just continue to tick past.”
The bad election results kept coming in, ticking past me one by one on the bottom of the television screen.”
“Me, I ain't going anywhere / Just sit and watch the sun come up, I like it here / Oh yeah, I watch the people go ticking past

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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