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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Tick | * [[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