around-the-clock
[ uh-round-thuh-klok ]
/ əˈraʊnd ðəˈklɒk /
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adjective
continuing without pause or interruption: an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.
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Also round-the-clock [round-thuh-klok] /ˈraʊnd ðəˈklɒk/ .
Origin of around-the-clock
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby around-the-clock
roof over one's head, a, Aroostook, arose, around, around the bend, around-the-clock, around the corner, Around the World in Eighty Days, arousal, arouse, aroused
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