"clock the tea" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: clocks the tea [present, singular, third-person], clocking the tea [participle, present], clocked the tea [participle, past], clocked the tea [past]
Etymology: From clock (“to notice”) + the + tea (“information, gossip”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|clock<t:to notice><id:to notice>|the|tea<t:information, gossip><id:information, especially gossip>}} clock (“to notice”) + the + tea (“information, gossip”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clock the tea (third-person singular simple present clocks the tea, present participle clocking the tea, simple past and past participle clocked the tea)
  1. (idiomatic, LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular) To discover the truth about something. Tags: idiomatic

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