tick away
English
Verb
tick away (third-person singular simple present ticks away, present participle ticking away, simple past and past participle ticked away)
- (of time) To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something).
- 2011 January 30, “Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Stoke”, in BBC[1]:
- 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.