clock off/out
phrasal verb
clocked off/out; clocking off/out; clocks off/out
chiefly British
: to record on a special card the time that one stops working
What time did you clock off yesterday?
I clocked out 10 minutes early.
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When the innies clock out, around five, their consciousness shuts down; their next memory is of the following morning, at the dawn of a new workday.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
LeBron James secured the game-winning rebound and ran the clock out.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
But Loughlin’s winner, which came from about 14 feet, definitely was his first for the Huskies, who forced a turnover on Neuqua Valley’s ensuing possession and ran the clock out.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Copied Share Bills get three after long drive Rohan Nadkarni
Buffalo took a good chunk of clock out of the fourth quarter, running 13 plays in a drive lasting almost seven minutes.
—NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
LeBron James secured the game-winning rebound and ran the clock out.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
But Loughlin’s winner, which came from about 14 feet, definitely was his first for the Huskies, who forced a turnover on Neuqua Valley’s ensuing possession and ran the clock out.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Copied Share Bills get three after long drive Rohan Nadkarni
Buffalo took a good chunk of clock out of the fourth quarter, running 13 plays in a drive lasting almost seven minutes.
—NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Clock off/out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clock%20off%2Fout. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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