clock off/out
phrasal verb
clocked off/out; clocking off/out; clocks off/out
chiefly British
: to record on a special card the time that one stops working
What time did you clock off yesterday?
I clocked out 10 minutes early.
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Pittsburgh opted to run the clock out rather than score from the Chargers 1 in the final seconds as Acrisure Stadium erupted after the kind of victory that followed the blueprint of how longtime Steelers coach Mike Tomlin expects to win games in 2024.
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Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
This means creating a culture where employees clock out on time, use their vacation days and aren’t expected to take work home with them.
—Erik Pham, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The vehicle misfired in orbit, a symptom of software problems that included a coding error that set an internal clock off by 11 hours.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 June 2024
The Lions, however, made their free throws down the stretch to run the clock out.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
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Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
This means creating a culture where employees clock out on time, use their vacation days and aren’t expected to take work home with them.
—Erik Pham, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The vehicle misfired in orbit, a symptom of software problems that included a coding error that set an internal clock off by 11 hours.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 June 2024
The Lions, however, made their free throws down the stretch to run the clock out.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Clock off/out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clock%20off%2Fout. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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