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clock on

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to arrive at work, esp when it involves registering the time of arrival on a card

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And if you are anything like me the clock on the oven will present a particular challenge.

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Increasing the urgency, Halligan faces a ticking clock on her tenure—and arguments that she isn’t legally allowed to serve in the role at all.

But the clock on its clock tower had stopped working.

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The influential ‘theo-bro’ Douglas Wilson wants to turn back the clock on civil rights in the name of Christ.

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Sir Keir said the walkouts threatened "to turn back the clock on progress we have made in rebuilding the NHS over the last year".

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