round the clock

Meanings

prepositional phrase

idiomaticNonstop, 24 hours per day.
He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
1 more example
Here were the practice rooms where right round the clock one heard pianos playing scales and snatches of classical music, heard sopranos giving tongue, heard the gruff commentary of tubas practising.
1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Livia, New York: Viking, published 1979, page 198

adjectiveround the clock (not comparable)

alternativeidiomaticnot comparableAlternative form of round-the-clock.
Synonyms: day and night, 24/7

nounround the clock (uncountable)

uncountablegamesA variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.

adverbendlessly

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