clock in

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

clock in

1. To begin working time, especially by punching in.

   We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8.

2. (idiomatic) To be measured at.

   Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent.

   • 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes

Synonyms

• (to be measured at) tip the scales at

Antonyms

• clock out

Translations

to begin working time

• Finnish: leimata sisään
• French: embaucher (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: picar o ponto, bater o ponto

to be measured at

• Finnish: passive of mitata (fi), punnita (fi) etc.
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• on the clock, off the clock
• punch in, punch out