clock in

Idioms  

1. Begin work, as in She clocked in late again. Also, clock out, end work, as in Please wait for me; I forgot to clock out. The allusion here is to punching a time clock, a device that punches the time on a card to record when an employee arrives and departs. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Marathon’s nonbinary division that year, clocking in at 2:53:02 — one of myriad victories in his career.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s way too early to fret about the end of India’s broader resurgence, with economic growth for the fiscal year that ends this month clocking in around 7.5%.

From Barron's

It’s way too early to fret about the end of India’s broader resurgence, with economic growth for the fiscal year that ends this month clocking in around 7.5%.

From Barron's

How spirits had clocks in the afterlife, or why dead folks would need to know the time was not questioned.

From Literature

"Seemingly every time Rudy gets clocked in the head and the face, which is quite a bit, it's always just, 'Ah that's just two guys, play on. It's nothing,'" Finch said.

From Barron's

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