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In addition to the idioms beginning with CLOCK, Also see AGAINST THE CLOCK; AROUND THE CLOCK; BEAT THE CLOCK; CLEAN SOMEONE'S CLOCK; LIKE CLOCK-WORK; SET BACK (THE CLOCK); STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK; STOP THE CLOCK.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun ADJ. 12/24-hour | atomic, digital, electric | bedside, kitchen | alarm, carriage, cuckoo, grandfather, long-case, time, travelling, wall VERB + CLOCK set, wind I've set my alarm clock for six tomorrow. | put back/forward He forgot to put his clock forward and turned up an hour late. | stop (for example in a game) Pressing the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response button stops the clock. | glance at, look at | watch employees who are always watching the clock (= wanting their day's work to end) CLOCK + VERB chime (sth), strike sth, tick The clock struck the hour. I could hear a clock ticking somewhere in the house. | stop | be fast/slow, gain/keep/lose time This clock doesn't keep time. | go back/forward The clocks go back (= for a return to standard time)/forward (= for summer time) tonight. | say sth The clock on the mantelpiece said twelve o'clock. | go off My alarm clock didn't go off this morning. CLOCK + NOUN face, tower | radio PREP. against the ~ to work against the clock (= to work fast in order to finish before a particular time) | around/round the ~ (= all day and all night) to work around the clock | by the ~ It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock. PHRASES the dial/face/hands of a clock
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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clock sth up
[ M ] mainly UK informal
to win or achieve a large number of similar things
• The Australians have clocked up three gold medals and two silvers in the swimming events., clock in
( UK also clock on ) informal
to record the time you arrive at work on a special machine
• What time did you clock in this morning?
• Clocking-in time is 9.00 a.m., clock out
( UK also clock off ) informal
to leave work, especially by recording the time you leave on a special machine
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verbs
look/glance at the clock
• She looked at the clock. It was eight thirty.
the clock says eight/nine etc
(= shows a particular time )
• The clock said five so I went back to sleep.
a clock strikes eight/nine etc
(= makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour )
• In the distance I heard a church clock strike eleven.
a clock ticks
(= makes regular quiet sounds that shows it is working )
• There was no sound in the room apart from a clock ticking.
a clock is fast/slow
(= shows a later or earlier time than the real time )
• There’s no need to hurry – that clock’s fast.
a clock stops
(= stops working )
• My clock had stopped at 6 am so the alarm didn’t work.
an alarm clock goes off
(= rings at a particular time )
• What time do you want the alarm clock to go off tomorrow?
set a clock
(= make it say the right time )
• Don't forget to set your clocks to summer time.
wind (up) a clock
(= turn a key to keep it working )
• It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up.
phrases
the hands of/on a clock
(= the long thin pieces that point at the numbers )
• The hands on the clock said ten past two.
the face of a clock/the clock face
(= the front part that you look at )
• I couldn’t see the clock face from where I was sitting.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + clock
the kitchen/sitting-room etc clock
• Harry glanced at the kitchen clock and saw that he was late.
an alarm clock
(= that makes a noise to wake you up )
• He forgot to set his alarm clock.
a wall clock
(= that hangs on a wall )
• A loud ticking came from the wall clock.
a grandfather clock
(= an old-style tall clock that stands on the floor )
• Where did you get that beautiful grandfather clock?
a digital clock
(= that shows the time as numbers that keep changing )
• A digital clock at the finish line shows runners their times.
a travel/travelling clock
(= a small one for taking on journeys )
a cuckoo clock
(= a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes a sound )
a church clock
(= one on the outside of a church tower )
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' the clock shows five o'clock '. Say the clock says five o'clock .
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