Idiom
milk the clock
Meaning
To use as much time as one can in order to gain a benefit.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team is just milking the clock to keep their lead.”
“The contractor was clearly milking the clock to increase his billable hours for the project.”
“Rather than finishing the assignment early, the employee chose to milk the clock until the final bell rang.”
Examples
simple
“The team is just milking the clock to keep their lead.”
contextual
“The contractor was clearly milking the clock to increase his billable hours for the project.”
complex
“Rather than finishing the assignment early, the employee chose to milk the clock until the final bell rang.”
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