to a tick

English

Prepositional phrase

to a tick

1. Exactly; perfectly; to a T.
   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     Lord John rose and shook him by the hand. "My sentiment to a tick," said he.