tick downとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

to tick down (三人称単数 現在形 ticks down, 現在分詞 ticking down, 過去形および過去分詞形 ticked down)

1. (of a clock または other timer) To count the time down to zero.
   • 2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, BBC:

     City, predictably, subjected Villa to a sustained spell of pressure as the clock ticked down - and the home team hada [sic] double escape with eight minutes left. De Jong's shot was unwittingly deflected on to his own post by Clark and then Dzeko headed Johnson's cross wide at the far post when he should have restored equality.