clock down
clock down · clocks down · clocked down · clocking down
To tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of timeTo tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
» The clock is down.
Meaning
1 sensesTo tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
I watched the numbers clock down on the bedside alarm clock.
Examples
2 sentencesThe clock is down.
The clock has run down. I need new batteries.
ruЧасы остановились. Мне нужны новые батарейки.
deDie Uhr ist stehengeblieben. Ich brauche neue Batterien.
Forms
clocks down, clocking down, clocked down, clocked down| Base form | clock down · to clock down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clocks down |
| Present participle | clocking down |
| Past simple | clocked down |
| Past participle | clocked down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- clock upTo accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
- clock offTo leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine
- clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
- clock onTo record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
- clock inTo begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).
- clock downTo tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb