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clocks on

clocks on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 clocks on

What is clocks on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clocks on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clock on.

Words near clocks on in the dictionary

  1. clockrooms
  2. clocks
  3. clocks down
  4. clocks in
  5. clocks off
  6. clocks on
  7. clocks onto
  8. clocks out
  9. clocks the tea
  10. clocks up
  11. clocksmith

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