clock off


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clock off

or

clock out

vb
(intr, adverb) to depart from work, esp when it involves registering the time of departure on a card
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.clock off - register one's departure from work
report - announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"
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London v Leigh, 8pm LONDON BRONCOS boss Andrew Henderson has urged his side not to clock off early - despite having nothing left to play for.
The 50-year-old then was said to have knocked a clock off the wall, causing it to break, before headbutting the TV.
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How can the boss tell you're working late if you never clock off?
BRITISH bosses clock off too early and won't muck in during a crisis, claims one of David Cameron's business advisors.
I can't think of any other job where you finish the task, clock off, as it were, and then spend up to 10 minutes helping someone before clocking on and earning money again.
He also asks why those taking coffee breaks aren't also required to clock off.
Director Simon Clark spoke out as Breckland Council, which is based in Dereham, Norfolk, became the latest local authority to consider making workers clock off while they take a cigarette break.
Around 200 have gone already and a further 100 will clock off later this month.
It was the first of a series of six separate stories following six workers at a textile factory - and could be the show that will let Sarah Lancashire clock off from Raquel for good.
Whisking a clock off to Paris may sound glamorous, says Levine, but the transatlantic journeys were really "a lot of work."