Meaning of tick past | Babel Free

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”

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