punch the clock
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› to put a card into a special machine to record the times you arrive at and leave work: After 17 years of punching the clock, he just disappeared one morning and was never heard from again.Working hours and periods of workWork, working and the workplace
(Definition of punch the clock from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- after hours idiom
- clock in phrasal verb
- clock out phrasal verb
- flexible working noun
- flexitime noun
- in-service adjective
- man-hour noun
- night shift noun
- nine number
- office hours noun
- opening hours noun
- overtime adverb, noun
- reduced time noun
- rise verb (STOP WORK)
- rush hour noun
- shiftwork noun
- time clock noun
- timesheet noun
- unsocial adjective
- working day noun
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