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clock on

clock on verb: to record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, literally) To record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
  2. (UK, broadly) To begin work at the start of the day or start of one's shift.
  3. (informal, intransitive) To grow older; to proceed.
    • His birthday was another reminder of his life clocking on.

Forms of clock on

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

Questions about clock on

What does clock on mean?
Clock on means to record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
What part of speech is clock on?
Clock on is a verb.
What is the past tense of clock on?
The past tense of clock on is clocked on.

Words near clock on in the dictionary

  1. clock jacks
  2. clock key
  3. clock move
  4. clock of the mountains
  5. clock off
  6. clock on
  7. clock onto
  8. clock out
  9. clock paradox
  10. clock paradoxes
  11. clock patience

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