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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Flights are the best way to clock out for a few hours and relax, uninterrupted.
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Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Eight hours later, the then 19-year-old would clock out and head back to find somewhere to hopefully get some sleep.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Hospital nurses, technicians and other frontline staff can’t simply clock out mid-shift without impacting care, leaving them with fewer options to balance work and life.
—Silvija Martincevic, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Eight hours later, the then 19-year-old would clock out and head back to find somewhere to hopefully get some sleep.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Hospital nurses, technicians and other frontline staff can’t simply clock out mid-shift without impacting care, leaving them with fewer options to balance work and life.
—Silvija Martincevic, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clock off/out
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“Clock off/out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clock%20off%2Fout. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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