clock on

1. (UK, literally)To record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.

   register one's arrival at work

2. (UK, broadly)To begin work at the start of the day or start of one's shift.

3. (informal, intransitive)To grow older; to proceed.

   His birthday was another reminder of his life clocking on.

1. There is a clock on the wall.

   На стіні висить годинник.

   ruНа стене висят часы.

   deEine Uhr hängt an der Wand.

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2. The clock on the wall is slow.

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3. Tom looked at the clock on the wall.

   ruТом посмотрел на часы, висящие на стене.

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4. I looked at the clock on the wall.

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5. The clock on the wall has quit working.

   deDie Uhr an der Wand geht nicht mehr.

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irregular

• 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.