tick a lot of boxes

verb

Synonym of tick all the boxes.

Meanings

verbtick a lot of boxes (third-person singular simple present ticks a lot of boxes, present participle ticking a lot of boxes, simple past and past participle ticked a lot of boxes)

present singular third person ticks a lot of boxes · participle present ticking a lot of boxes · participle past ticked a lot of boxes · past ticked a lot of boxes

  1. idiomaticSynonym of tick all the boxes.

    "It ticks a lot of boxes," he said, noting the Rochdale plan had a not primarily abstractive (NPA) score of 0.34, passing the ORR threshold of 0.3.

    2025 October 1, David Stubbings, “FirstGroup not giving up on WCML open access routes”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 6

    Synonyms: tick all the boxes

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of tick all the boxes.

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