clock up
phrasal verb
clocked up; clocking up; clocks up
chiefly British
: to gain or reach (a particular number or amount)
Our company clocked up a record number of sales this year.
Examples of clock up in a Sentence
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The footage has been viewed over 580,000 times and clocked up over 100 comments.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Safety first By six months, most babies are clocking up to 16 hours of sleep a day.
—Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2025
Regis' clip has clocked up over 640,000 views and over 5,400 comments, igniting intense conversations in the comments section.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Doak, who made his Scotland debut against Poland last September, has clocked up 1,787 minutes of senior football in England’s second tier.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Season 2 of Paatal Lok could well be among 2025’s first breakout hits, with views clocking up in its home country and top-10 lists being cracked in others.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
Mittens the cat has clocked up lots of extra air miles after mistakenly flying between New Zealand and Australia three times in 24 hours.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Dad's tape measure proves a real winner, clocking up nine minutes of play time, as does the airplane cookie package, some tape and dangling twine and a large blue tape roll.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Safety first By six months, most babies are clocking up to 16 hours of sleep a day.
—Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2025
Regis' clip has clocked up over 640,000 views and over 5,400 comments, igniting intense conversations in the comments section.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Doak, who made his Scotland debut against Poland last September, has clocked up 1,787 minutes of senior football in England’s second tier.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Season 2 of Paatal Lok could well be among 2025’s first breakout hits, with views clocking up in its home country and top-10 lists being cracked in others.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
Mittens the cat has clocked up lots of extra air miles after mistakenly flying between New Zealand and Australia three times in 24 hours.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Dad's tape measure proves a real winner, clocking up nine minutes of play time, as does the airplane cookie package, some tape and dangling twine and a large blue tape roll.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Clock up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clock%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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