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Idiom

clock in

Meaning

To be measured at.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I clock in at work at eight every morning.”

“You need to clock in as soon as you arrive so the system records your hours accurately.”

“The professional athlete managed to clock in at a record-breaking speed during the final sprint of the championship race.”

Examples

simple

“I clock in at work at eight every morning.”

contextual

“You need to clock in as soon as you arrive so the system records your hours accurately.”

complex

“The professional athlete managed to clock in at a record-breaking speed during the final sprint of the championship race.”

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