clock up
To accumulateTo accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
» I've forgotten to wind the clock up.
Ich habe vergessen, die Uhr aufzuziehen. — kolonjano
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1 sentencesI've forgotten to wind the clock up.
deIch habe vergessen, die Uhr aufzuziehen. — kolonjano
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
- record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
Forms
clocks up, clocking up, clocked up, clocked upirregular
| Base form | clock up · to clock up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | clocks up |
| Present participle | clocking up |
| Past simple | clocked up |
| Past participle | clocked up |
Tenses
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Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- clock instempelnUSTo begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).pointer, embaucherUSTo begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).timbrare, timbrare il cartellinoUSTo begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).picar o pontoUSTo begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).To be measured at.
- clock oninformalTo grow older; to proceed.
- clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
- clock offinformalTo leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine
- clock upTo accumulate (an amount of time or experience).
- clock downTo tick, buzz or become marked to indicate the passage of time.
Synonyms
1 synonyms- 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.