clock up

verb

1. tr, adverb to record or register

   this car has clocked up 80 000 miles

Idioms and Phrases

Record accumulated hours, miles, or points. For example, It won't be easy to clock up 1,000 flying hours , or Brian clocked up a record number of baskets this year . [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

However, she had time to wind the clock up and set it going when she came downstairs again ready for church.

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I put the clock up in the house, where it could be seen through the door without leaving the platform.

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She had already wound the clock up, and it pleased her to think that its ticking would soon be audible all over London.

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They're to carry the clock up to your house for a quarter apiece.

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