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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

clock off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, intransitive) to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine
    • Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work' after being mocked by his colleagues for not wanting to head out to the pub after clocking off 2022 November 24, T. Brown, “Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work'”, in Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, retrieved 27 Nov 2022:
    • Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clocks off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
clocked off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clocked off Tense=Past lexicographic
clocking off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

clock on · off the clock · punch in · clock in

Synonyms

clock out · punch out