"clock off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: clocks off [present, singular, third-person], clocking off [participle, present], clocked off [participle, past], clocked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clock off (third-person singular simple present clocks off, present participle clocking off, simple past and past participle clocked off)
  1. (intransitive, informal) to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms: clock out, punch out Related terms: off the clock, clock in, clock on, punch in

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "clocks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 24, T. Brown, “Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work'”, in Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, retrieved 2022-11-27:",
          "text": "Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work' after being mocked by his colleagues for not wanting to head out to the pub after clocking off",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine"
      ],
      "id": "en-clock_off-en-verb-dfdyv6Hb",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "off the clock"
        },
        {
          "word": "clock in"
        },
        {
          "word": "clock on"
        },
        {
          "word": "punch in"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clock out"
        },
        {
          "word": "punch out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clock off"
}
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    {
      "form": "clocks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "off the clock"
    },
    {
      "word": "clock in"
    },
    {
      "word": "clock on"
    },
    {
      "word": "punch in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 24, T. Brown, “Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work'”, in Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, retrieved 2022-11-27:",
          "text": "Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work' after being mocked by his colleagues for not wanting to head out to the pub after clocking off",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clock out"
    },
    {
      "word": "punch out"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clock off"
}

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