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round the clock

round the clock prepositional phrase: nonstop, 24 hours per day. Also the alternative form of round-the-clock.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
    • He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
    • Here were the practice rooms where right round the clock one heard pianos playing scales and snatches of classical music, heard sopranos giving tongue, heard the gruff commentary of tubas practising.1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Livia, New York: Viking, published 1979, page 198

Noun

round the clock (uncountable)

  1. A variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.

Also used as

round the clock is also the alternative form of round-the-clock.

Synonyms of round the clock

Questions about round the clock

What does round the clock mean?
Round the clock means nonstop, 24 hours per day.
What part of speech is round the clock?
Round the clock can be a prepositional phrase or a noun.

Words near round the clock in the dictionary

  1. round stingray
  2. Round Swamp
  3. round table
  4. round tables
  5. round the bend
  6. round the clock
  7. round the corner
  8. round the Horn
  9. round the twist
  10. round the wicket
  11. round to

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