Tick all the boxes (nonfiction)

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

• Catch phrase (nonfiction)

Fiction cross-reference

• Tick Off All the Boxes

External links

• Tick all the boxes @ Wiktionary