clock off

verb

to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine

“Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.”

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clock outpunch out
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Meanings

verbclock off (third-person singular simple present clocks off, present participle clocking off, simple past and past participle clocked off)

present singular third person clocks off · participle present clocking off · participle past clocked off · past clocked off

  1. informalintransitiveto leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine

    Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.

    1 more example

    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

    2022 November 24, T. Brown, “Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work'”, in Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, retrieved 27 Nov 2022

    Synonyms: clock out, punch out

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine

Similar
clock outpunch out

More synonyms by meaning

verbregister one's departure from work

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clock outpunch out
Broader
report
Also see
clock outpunch out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

clock off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20off

MLA

“clock off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clock off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clock%20off.

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