around-the-clock
[ uh-round-th uh-klok ]
/ əˈraʊnd ðəˈklɒk /
adjective
continuing without pause or interruption: an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.
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Origin of around-the-clock
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby around-the-clock
arose, around, around the bend, around the corner, around the world in eighty days, around-the-clock, arouse, arp, arpa, arpanet, arpeggiate
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