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

It currently clocks in at $6.4 million — mostly in stocks and a large-cap index fund that follows the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch

But Kennedy’s Wing T started eating up clock in the second quarter behind a simple handoff up the middle to Demacabalin, who scored on two short touchdown runs for a 28-27 halftime lead.

From Los Angeles Times

Before fleeing, Abdallah spent weeks working around the clock in the maternity hospital.

From Barron's

Rodrigo Isgro crossed and, trailing by four points, the visitors had England's defence stretched thin with the clock in the red.

From BBC

With solemn authority, the tall ebony clock in the corner of Lord Fredrick’s study struck five.

From Literature

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