clock off/out

phrasal verb

clocked off/out; clocking off/out; clocks off/out

chiefly British

: to record on a special card the time that one stops working

What time did you clock off yesterday?

I clocked out 10 minutes early.

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LeBron James secured the game-winning rebound and ran the clock out. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025 But Loughlin’s winner, which came from about 14 feet, definitely was his first for the Huskies, who forced a turnover on Neuqua Valley’s ensuing possession and ran the clock out. —

Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025 Copied Share Bills get three after long drive Rohan Nadkarni Buffalo took a good chunk of clock out of the fourth quarter, running 13 plays in a drive lasting almost seven minutes. —

NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025 When nature calls in Switzerland, workers can either (try to) ignore their physiological needs, or clock out. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clock off/out

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