Translations for „tick over“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

tick over VB intr

1. tick over TECH:

tick over

funcionar em marcha lenta

2. tick over fig:

tick over

ir levando

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They'd looked the hungrier side from the start, and a very lopsided tackle count of 14-3 after a tick over 12 minutes proved it.

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This is where your service work should tick over and keep you afloat.

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We need to find a way to tick over the scoreboard then maximise our boundary options.

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It (kicking penalties) helps the scoreboard to tick over and gives the team confidence but sadly it wasn't to be.

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Those services businesses are reliant on other businesses to tick over.

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The best thing to do is to let the vehicle do its own thing and tick over.

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This is fun, you can see each hour the population clock tick over with real population data.

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The three bedroom property sold for $446,000 -- a tick over reserve -- but there was depth of competition.

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Played a tick over 20 minutes on the night.

edmontonjournal.com

One club has been ruthlessly professional, the other has allowed things to tick over and see what happens.

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