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"etymology_text": "An allusion to check marks made beside each of the items in a checklist.",
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"ref": "2009 May 6, Aryn Baker, “With a Rival's Withdrawal, Karzai's Path to Re-Election Eased”, in Time",
"text": "As a presidential candidate, Sherzai ticked all the boxes. He is Pashtun; . . . he has the necessary respect . . . ; and he possesses a national reputation.",
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"ref": "2010 November 7, Alastair Macaulay, “Dance Review: Luminaries and Hopefuls Join to Ensure Choreography’s Future”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-13",
"text": "But he not only ticks all the boxes mentioned by Mr. Martins — musical responsiveness, use of the ballet vocabulary, a striking sense of spatial architecture — he also shows, in this work, much more.",
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"ref": "2011 February 9, “Paul McCloskey bringing army of fans to Amir Khan duel”, in Belfast Telegraph, retrieved 2013-06-13",
"text": "\"If he continues ticking all the boxes and progressing and improving as he is, I don't think it will be long before he's on top.\"",
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"ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44",
"text": "Assuming you have ticked all your safety boxes, financial incentives decide priorities.",
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"(idiomatic) 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."
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"word": "täyttää kaikki vaatimukset"
},
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"word": "remplir toutes les conditions"
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"word": "satisfaire à tous les critères"
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"word": "cocher toutes les cases"
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"word": "remplir toutes les cases"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "alle Merkmale erfüllen"
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"word": "alle Anforderungen erfüllen"
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"word": "spełniać wszystkie warunki"
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"ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44",
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"word": "täyttää kaikki vaatimukset"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "remplir toutes les conditions"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "satisfaire à tous les critères"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "cocher toutes les cases"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "remplir toutes les cases"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "alle Merkmale erfüllen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "alle Anforderungen erfüllen"
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