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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