tick off

[tick off] {v.}

1. To mention one after the other; list.

/The teacher ticked off the assignments that Jane had to do./

2. To scold; rebuke.

/The boss ticked off the waitress for dropping her tray./

3. To anger or upset. — Usually used as ticked off.

/She was ticked off at him for breaking their dinner date again./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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