tick all the boxes (English, verb)
expansion: tick all the boxes (third-person singular simple present ticks all the boxes, present participle ticking all the boxes, simple past and past participle ticked all the boxes)
Senses:
glosses: To fulfill all the requirements, especially as itemized in a list; to have all the needed characteristics; to complete all the steps in a process in an orderly manner.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: ticks all the boxes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ticking all the boxes
tags: participle
present
form: ticked all the boxes
tags: participle
past
form: ticked all the boxes
tags: past