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bundy off

C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To punch your time card at the end of your work day in Australia.

Literal meaning: To register departure on a Bundy clock.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

(Australian English) To record the end of your working hours using a time-clock machine.

"I bundied off at five o'clock and headed straight to the pub with my workmates."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Distinctly Australian English. Derived from 'Bundy clock,' a brand name for a time-recording machine widely used in Australian workplaces. Rarely understood outside of Australia.

Commonly used with

work shift clock time end of day

Forms

Base
bundy off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bundies off
he/she/it
Past simple
bundied off
yesterday
Past participle
bundied off
have + pp
-ing form
bundying off
continuous

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