on the clock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Displayed on the dial of a clock (timepiece).
  2. Working at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment.
  3. During one's official working hours; in or into a position of remunerated employment.
  4. Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab.
  5. In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event.
  6. In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event.
  7. Under scrutiny due to having to make a decision or produce results within a set period of time.
  8. Displayed numerically on the mileage or kilometric gauge.
  9. Remunerated per unit of time.

Pronunciation

En-au-on the clock.ogg

Word forms

on the clock
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