clock out
To use a card or machine to show what time you finished work and left.
Meanings
To officially record the end of your working shift using a timekeeping device.
"Don't forget to clock out before you leave, or you won't be paid for the full shift."
To stop paying attention or mentally disengage (informal).
"After two hours of the lecture, he completely clocked out and started daydreaming."
To die (informal, euphemistic or humorous).
"His grandfather clocked out peacefully in his sleep at the age of ninety-two."
Standard in American English; 'clock off' is the British equivalent. Widely used in workplaces with formal time-tracking. Also used informally to mean simply leaving work, and figuratively to mean dying (dark humour).
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