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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ride the clock en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To leave one's workplace covertly without clocking out, thus continuing to be paid.
    • Complainant and his wife both complained to Mr. Cooper about employees "riding the clock," that is being clocked in, but not being at work. 1984, Decisions - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission:
    • […] everyone was doing what he paid us to do, rather than gossip, goof off and ride the clock, things we often did instead. 2015, Lorraine Stephens, The Black Man Drought, page 39:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rides the clock Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
riding the clock Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ridden the clock Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rode the clock Tense=Past lexicographic