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clocked on

clocked on is the simple past and past participle of clock on.

Meaning of clock on

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.

Questions about clocked on

What is clocked on the simple past and past participle of?
Clocked on is the simple past and past participle of clock on.

Words near clocked on in the dictionary

  1. clocke
  2. clocked
  3. clocked down
  4. clocked in
  5. clocked off
  6. clocked on
  7. clocked onto
  8. clocked out
  9. clocked the tea
  10. clocked up
  11. clocker

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