tick over in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tick over in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tick1 [Am tɪk, Brit tɪk] N

III.tick1 [Am tɪk, Brit tɪk] VB trans Brit

tick2 [Am tɪk, Brit tɪk] N ZOOL

tick4 [Am tɪk, Brit tɪk] N U

I.over [Am ˈoʊvər, Brit ˈəʊvə] ADV over often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (blow over, knock over, pore over, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (blow, knock, pore, etc).

2.1. over (across):

II.over [Am ˈoʊvər, Brit ˈəʊvə] PREP

3. over (covering, on):

III.over [Am ˈoʊvər, Brit ˈəʊvə] N (in cricket)

See also turn over, go over, come over

I.turn over VB [Am tərn -, Brit təːn -] (v + o + adv)

II.turn over VB [Am tərn -, Brit təːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (hand over)

III.turn over VB [Am tərn -, Brit təːn -] (v + adv + o)

IV.turn over VB [Am tərn -, Brit təːn -] (v + adv)

I.go over VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

II.go over VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

I.come over VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

5. come over → come across

II.come over VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + prep + o) (affect, afflict)

tick over in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tick over in the English»Spanish Dictionary

tick2 [tɪk] N Brit inf (credit)

I.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] PREP

II.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADV

III.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Bureaucracies and militaries are big machines that tick over day-to-day without the need for top-level oversight.
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There was a joy, even in the original, to watching your city tick over.
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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.
www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk
This is fun, you can see each hour the population clock tick over with real population data.
www.propertyobserver.com.au
We could have spread everyone round the boundary but that would have made it easy for runs to tick over.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The best thing to do is to let the vehicle do its own thing and tick over.
www.expressandstar.com
The whole world was going to change in 2000, somehow the clock would tick over and there'd be this difference.
www.outinperth.com
One club has been ruthlessly professional, the other has allowed things to tick over and see what happens.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I'm not one for watching the live stats tick over.
www.canberratimes.com.au
My mind, on the other hand, is starting to tick over madly.
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