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clock on

British  

verb

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

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I check the clock on my phone, avoiding his pleading gaze.

From Literature

My eyes flicker to the clock on her desk.

From Literature

Flint Assembly plant currently runs around the clock on three shifts, five days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Watching women fight off the arms of the occult has a clock on it.

From Salon

I’m willing to negotiate a trade right now: Give us decent bedside charging, and I will gratefully relinquish every last hotel alarm clock on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal

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