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clock down

clock down verb: to tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.

Verb

clock down (third-person singular simple present clocks down, present participle clocking down, simple past and past participle clocked down)

  1. To tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
    • I watched the numbers clock down on the bedside alarm clock.

Forms of clock down

third-person singular presentclocks down
present participleclocking down
past participleclocked down
pastclocked down

Questions about clock down

What does clock down mean?
Clock down means to tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
What part of speech is clock down?
Clock down is a verb.
What is the past tense of clock down?
The past tense of clock down is clocked down.

Words near clock down in the dictionary

  1. clock arithmetic
  2. clock calm
  3. clock calms
  4. clock cycle
  5. clock cycles
  6. clock down
  7. clock face
  8. clock faces
  9. clock gable
  10. clock gables
  11. clock generator

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