"tick away" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ticks away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticking away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticked away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticked away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "tick away (third-person singular simple present ticks away, present participle ticking away, simple past and past participle ticked away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, Roger Waters (lyrics and music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:",
          "text": "Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 30, “Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Stoke”, in BBC:",
          "text": "With time ticking away, Nenad Milijas fell in the box under Huth's challenge, but Sorenson saved the midfielder's spot kick to send the Potters through.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-tick_away-en-verb-6TQ9lr68",
      "links": [
        [
          "count down",
          "count down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tick away"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ticks away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticking away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticked away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ticked away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "tick away (third-person singular simple present ticks away, present participle ticking away, simple past and past participle ticked away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, Roger Waters (lyrics and music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:",
          "text": "Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 30, “Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Stoke”, in BBC:",
          "text": "With time ticking away, Nenad Milijas fell in the box under Huth's challenge, but Sorenson saved the midfielder's spot kick to send the Potters through.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "count down",
          "count down"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tick away"
}