clock out

clock out (third-person singular simple present clocks out, present participle clocking out, simple past and past participle clocked out)

1. (intransitive) To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.

   If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour.

   • 1946, American Labor Arbitration Awards:

     They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out.

2. (transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.

   I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.

   I clocked myself out as soon as I could.

3. (transitive, intransitive, electronics) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.

• (end work): punch out, clock off, go off the clock

• (antonym(s) of “to end work”): clock in, clock on, punch in, go on the clock