TICK OFF (verbal phrase) = 給 ... 打記號, 用記號 (✓) 勾出
= to mark the things on the list with a tick to show that you have chosen (UK)
美國人多用 check off
tick off Tokyo.意思不單係剔除東京, 可以選擇東京, 要看前文
For example:
Please take off the city you like to visit.
List 上有: Tokyo ( ), London ( ), Paris ( ), New York City ( )
在Tokyo (✓)
My mother ticked off all the things she liked to pick up.
"tick sb/sth off ( BrE )
( NAmE check sb/sth off ) to put a mark (✓) beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with
I've ticked off the names of all those present. "
~ from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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