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clocking on

clocking on is the present participle and gerund 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 clocking on

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

Words near clocking on in the dictionary

  1. clockiness
  2. clocking
  3. clocking down
  4. clocking in
  5. clocking off
  6. clocking on
  7. clocking onto
  8. clocking out
  9. clocking the tea
  10. clocking up
  11. clockings

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