clock up
phrasal verb
clocked up; clocking up; clocks up
chiefly British
: to gain or reach (a particular number or amount)
Our company clocked up a record number of sales this year.
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Her post has gone viral on Reddit, clocking up over 7,200 upvotes.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Musah, for instance, has clocked up less than an hour in Serie A with Atalanta this season.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters clocks up seven consecutive weeks at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, for the longest reign by any album for the year.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Having clocked up well over 1,000 episodes since launching WTF with Marc Maron in 2009, the actor and comedian will have plenty of stories to tell, and that history will be told in WTF is a Podcast.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Mboko’s hard labor of love has been spent on accumulating wins on the ITF Tour, clocking up five titles.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Musah, for instance, has clocked up less than an hour in Serie A with Atalanta this season.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters clocks up seven consecutive weeks at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, for the longest reign by any album for the year.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Having clocked up well over 1,000 episodes since launching WTF with Marc Maron in 2009, the actor and comedian will have plenty of stories to tell, and that history will be told in WTF is a Podcast.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Mboko’s hard labor of love has been spent on accumulating wins on the ITF Tour, clocking up five titles.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Clock up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clock%20up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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