click off

To press the mouse button outside a box or window on a computer screen.

• Click off the menu to close it.
• I clicked off the box and lost my selection.
• If you click off the window, the message disappears.

How to use it: click off an element (Click off the text box to save your changes.)

Similar words: click outside

Common phrases: click off something, click off windows

To mark items on a list as checked or completed.

• Click off each completed task.
• She clicked off the names as the guests arrived.
• Have you clicked all the checked items off on your list?

How to use it: click something off on a list (Click each completed task off on the list.)

Similar words: tick off, check off

Common phrases: click off items, click off something

To say several names, facts, or items quickly, one after another.

• She clicked off three reasons.
• He clicked off the dates without looking at his notes.
• Can you click off the names of all the players?

How to use it: click off something (He clicked off the names of every winner.)

Similar words: rattle off, reel off, list

Common phrases: click off names, click off facts

To finish tasks quickly so that you no longer need to deal with them.

• Let us click off these jobs.
• She clicked off several small tasks before breakfast.
• We are clicking off the easy repairs first.

How to use it: click something off (I clicked those little jobs off before lunch.)

Similar words: knock off, get done

Common phrases: click off tasks, click off something