clock up

clock up
a) To accumulate a large amount of time.

To become a pilot, you must clock up at least 1,000 hours flying time.

b) To accumulate a large distance.

My car has clocked up over 5,000 miles in the last month


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  • clock — [klɒk ǁ klɑːk] verb clock in also clock on BrE phrasal verb [intransitive] to record on a special card the time you arrive at work or begin work: • I clock on at 8:30. clock off also …   Financial and business terms

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  • clock — clock1 [kläk] n. [ME clokke, orig., clock with bells < ML clocca, bell < Celt, as in OIr cloc (> OE clugge, OHG glocka), bell < ? IE base * kel , to cry out, sound > CLAMOR] 1. a device used for measuring and indicating time,… …   English World dictionary

  • clock in at — ˌclock ˈin at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they clock in at he/she/it clocks in at present participle clocking in at past tense …   Useful english dictionary

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