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clock off

British

verb

(intr, adverb) to depart from work, esp when it involves registering the time of departure on a card

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Eventually, an hour after Di was due to clock off we turn out the lights.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

“The explosion knocked a clock off my wall and broke it,” she recalled.

From Reuters • May 20, 2022

"Pete,,, I never took a clock off my neck to give to someone and you will be the last person I do this for,,, it lookz real good on you,,,, happy birthday,,,," the rapper added.

From Fox News • Nov. 17, 2021

But Grant scored his 13th with 57 seconds left on the clock off a scramble in Campbell’s crease to knot it up again and force OT.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2020

Then I would pack up everything very neatly, drop it in my pack, and hike again till it was time to clock off and go home.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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