clock in

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clock in (third-person singular simple present clocks in, present participle clocking in, simple past and past participle clocked in)

  1. (US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).
    We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8.
  2. (idiomatic) To be measured at.
    Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent.
    • 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:
      Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes

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