clock up
clock up · clocks up · clocked up · clocking up
To accumulateTo accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
» I've forgotten to wind the clock up.
Ich habe vergessen, die Uhr aufzuziehen.
Meaning
2 senses(figuratively, transitive)To accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
To become a pilot, you must clock up at least 1,000 hours flying time.
(UK, figuratively, transitive)To cover (a distance) over time.
My car has clocked up over 5,000 miles in the last month
More definitions
- record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
Examples
2 sentencesI've forgotten to wind the clock up.
deIch habe vergessen, die Uhr aufzuziehen.
I depend on the alarm clock to wake up on time every morning.
Forms
clocks up, clocking up, clocked up, clocked up| Base form | clock up · to clock up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clocks up |
| Present participle | clocking up |
| Past simple | clocked up |
| Past participle | clocked up |
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.
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- record a distance travelled; on planes and cars:log up
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