CLOCK IN Definition & Meaning

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Begin work, as in She clocked in late again . Also, clock out , end work, as in Please wait for me; I forgot to clock out . The allusion here is to punching a time clock, a device that punches the time on a card to record when an employee arrives and departs. [Late 1800s]

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Between shelving records and clocking in for shifts, we started to talk.

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Soon, he signed up for his first-ever marathon, but getting there required the patience to clock in hours upon hours of training.

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He clocks in a few minutes before 8 a.m. and is ready for a long day.

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Brody, who won lead actor for “The Brutalist,” gave the longest acceptance speech in Oscar history, clocking in at 5 minutes and 36 seconds.

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We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.

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