clock in
verb1
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.
- Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- clock on, punch in, tip the scales at
- Related terms
- clock on, on the clock, off the clock, punch in, punch out