Dictionary

clock out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
   • They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out. 1946, American Labor Arbitration Awards:
   • 20-year-old Ryan Shtuka clocked out of his lift-operator shift at the Sun Peaks Resort at 7 pm on February 16, 2018, and walked back to the cabin he shared with five roommates. 2026 August 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Ryan Shtuka, 20, Vanished After Leaving a House Party at a Ski Resort in 2018. His Walk Home Was Only 300 Metres”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:
   • If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour.
2. (transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.
   • I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.
   • I clocked myself out as soon as I could.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
4. (intransitive, slang) To die.

Forms

Antonyms

clock in (antonym(s) of “to end work”) · clock on (antonym(s) of “to end work”) · go on the clock (antonym(s) of “to end work”) · punch in (antonym(s) of “to end work”)

Synonyms

punch out (end work) · go off the clock (end work) · clock off (end work)

Translations (1)

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