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round the clock en · ADJ

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Meanings

(alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, not-comparable) Alternative form of round-the-clock.
alt of round-the-clock

Synonyms

24/7 · day and night

round the clock en · ADP

Pronunciation

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Meanings

(idiomatic) Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
- He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
- Here were the practice rooms where right round the clock one heard pianos playing scales and snatches of classical music, heard sopranos giving tongue, heard the gruff commentary of tubas practising. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Livia, New York: Viking, published 1979, page 198:

round the clock en · NOUN

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Meanings

(uncountable) A variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.