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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
tick over
tick over phrasal verb [ ticks over ticking over ticked over ticked over ticked over ] ACTIVITY 1. If a business, job or system is ticking over, it continues to work but makes little progress • I'll be able to keep things ticking over in the office until you get back. Thesaurus+: ↑Functioning ↑Performing a function ENGINE 2. If the engine of a vehicle is ticking over, the engine is operating slowly although the vehicle is not moving • I've left the car with the engine ticking over. Thesaurus+: ↑Mechanical engineering ↑Functioning ↑Performing a function Main entry: tickphrasal verb
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