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tick away en · VERB
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(of time) To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something).
The clock is ticking away the minutes in our allotted meeting time.
2024 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
1973, Roger Waters, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:With time ticking away, Nenad Milijas fell in the box under Huth's challenge, but Sorenson saved the midfielder's spot kick to send the Potters through.
2011 January 30, “Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Stoke”, in BBC:
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