- make\ one\ tick
- v. phr.To cause to operate; to motivate.
He is so secretive that we are unable to figure out what makes him tick.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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