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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

• (begin working time): clock on (verb), punch in (verb)
• (to be measured at): tip the scales at

• (antonym(s) of “begin working time”): clock out (verb), clock off (verb), knock off (verb), punch out (verb)

• clock on
• on the clock, off the clock
• punch in, punch out