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clock

tv. to earn, score, or total up someone or something. (As if the person or thing gained were being metered or clocked.) Sam clocked a date with Sally, and is he ever proud!

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• (a)round the clock
• (the) clock is ticking
• a race against the clock
• a race against time
• a race against time clock
• a stopped clock is right twice a day
• against the clock
• around the clock
• beat the clock
• biological clock is ticking
• clean (someone's) clock
• clean clock
• clean someone's clock
• clock
• clock at
• clock at speeds of
• clock in
• clock is ticking, the
• clock out
• clock up
• clock watcher
• clock-watcher
• face (that) would stop a clock
• face only a mother could love
• get (one's) clock cleaned
• homely enough to stop a clock
• kill the clock
• know what's o'clock
• move the/(one's) clock(s) back
• move the/(one's) clock(s) forward
• on the clock
• punch a clock
• punch in
• push back the clock
• put back the clock
• put the clock back
• put the/(one's) clock(s) back
• put the/(one's) clock(s) forward
• race against the clock
• roll back the clock
• round the clock
• run down the clock
• run out the clock
• run the clock down
• set back
• set back the clock
• set the/(one's) clock(s) ahead
• set the/(one's) clock(s) back
• sleep around the clock
• stop someone's clock
• stop the clock
• turn back the clock
• turn the clock back
• turn the/(one's) clock(s) back
• turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
• watch the clock
• wind back the clock
• work against the clock