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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clock in

Platforms such as Snabbit, Pronto and Urban Company function much like ride-hailing apps -- workers receive bookings online, travel to assigned homes and clock in on their phones.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Around 200 people have worked tirelessly around the clock in searching for this beautiful little girl who went missing five days ago," Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and Taylor Swift make up a handful of the self-made women billionaires, though they tend to clock in on the lower end of the billionaire scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Most of them clock in at around 35 minutes, although the latest season premiere runs just over an hour.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

I heard something else: my heart thumping, blood pumping in my ears, the distant tick of the clock in the hallway downstairs.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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