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Definition of "on the clock" []

  • Displayed on the dial of a clock (timepiece). (adjective)
  • Working at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment. (adjective)
  • Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab. (adjective)
  • In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event. (adjective)
  • In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event. (adjective)

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Use "on the clock" in a sentence
  • "His cold eyes, which were the colour of a German field uniform, flickered upward on the words, but Mr. Campion, following their gaze, saw that it rested on the clock over the jeweller’s two doors down."
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