Tick Over (Verb)
Meaning
Run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The generator was left to tick over while we made the necessary repairs to the main power source.
- The economy continued to tick over despite the downturn in global trade.
- With the shift change taking longer than anticipated, the factory equipment was allowed to tick over and wait.
- In the emergency services call center, while all operators were occupied, calls continued to tick over on auto-answer.
- After the initial setup phase, the network servers were left to tick over in autonomous mode.