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'''Tick all the boxes''' ('''Check all the boxes''', etc.) is a catch phrase meaning: | '''Tick all the boxes''' ('''Check all the boxes''', etc.) is a [[catch phrase (nonfiction)]] meaning: | ||
* An allusion to making checkmarks beside each of the items in a checklist. | * An allusion to making checkmarks beside each of the items in a checklist. | ||
* To tick all the boxes (third-person singular simple present ticks all the boxes, present participle ticking all the boxes, simple past and past participle ticked all the boxes). | * To tick all the boxes (third-person singular simple present ticks all the boxes, present participle ticking all the boxes, simple past and past participle ticked all the boxes). | ||
* To fulfill all the requirements, especially as itemized in a list; to have all the needed characteristics; to complete all the steps in a process in an orderly manner. | * To fulfill all the requirements, especially as itemized in a list; to have all the needed characteristics; to complete all the steps in a process in an orderly manner. | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Catch phrase (nonfiction)]] | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Tick Off All the Boxes]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tick_all_the_boxes Tick all the boxes] @ Wiktionary | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tick_all_the_boxes Tick all the boxes] @ Wiktionary | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 18 December 2015
Tick all the boxes (Check all the boxes, etc.) is a catch phrase (nonfiction) meaning:
- An allusion to making checkmarks beside each of the items in a checklist.
- To tick all the boxes (third-person singular simple present ticks all the boxes, present participle ticking all the boxes, simple past and past participle ticked all the boxes).
- To fulfill all the requirements, especially as itemized in a list; to have all the needed characteristics; to complete all the steps in a process in an orderly manner.
Nonfiction cross-reference
Fiction cross-reference
External links
- Tick all the boxes @ Wiktionary