Usually means: Pass time in steady increments.
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  1. tick away: Merriam-Webster
  2. tick away: Wiktionary
  3. tick away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  2. tick away: Financial dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tick away)

verb:  (of time) To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something).

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