گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'what makes tick'

1 general:: Phrase(s): what makes someone tick Fig. something that motivates someone; something that makes someone behave in a certain way. (Fig. on what makes something tick.) • William is sort of strange. I don’t know what makes him tick. • When you get to know people, you find out what makes them tick.

2 general:: Phrase(s): what makes something tick Fig. the sense or mechanism that makes something run or function. (With reference to the ticking of a clock representing the functioning of the clock.) • I don’t know what makes it tick. • I took apart the radio to find out what made it tick.