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clocking down

clocking down is the present participle and gerund of clock down.

Meaning of clock down

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.

Questions about clocking down

What is clocking down the present participle and gerund of?
Clocking down is the present participle and gerund of clock down.

Words near clocking down in the dictionary

  1. clockier
  2. clockies
  3. clockiest
  4. clockiness
  5. clocking
  6. clocking down
  7. clocking in
  8. clocking off
  9. clocking on
  10. clocking onto
  11. clocking out

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