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clock out

clock out verb: to end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
    • If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour.
    • They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out.1946, American Labor Arbitration Awards
    Synonyms:
    punch out, clock off, go off the clock
  2. (transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.
    • I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.
    • I clocked myself out as soon as I could.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
  4. (intransitive, slang) To die.

Synonyms of clock out

Antonyms

Forms of clock out

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

Questions about clock out

What does clock out mean?
Clock out means to end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
What part of speech is clock out?
Clock out is a verb.
What is the past tense of clock out?
The past tense of clock out is clocked out.

Words near clock out in the dictionary

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

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