make tick

make someone or something tick

Fig. to cause someone or something to run or function. (Usually with what. Tick refers to a watch or clock.) I don't know what makes it tick. What makes John tick? I just don't understand him. I took apart the radio to find out what made it tick.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sharona	shə-RON-ə	English (Rare)
Atticus	-	Literature
Hannu	HAHN-noo	Finnish
Daniella	dan-YEL-ə	English
Nithin	-	Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Mari (1)	MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)	Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish