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on the clock
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on the clockadverb
During one's official working hours; in or into a position of remunerated employment.
on the clockadjective
Displayed on the dial of a clock (timepiece).
on the clockadjective
Working at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment.
on the clockadjective
Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab.
on the clockadjective
In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event.
on the clockadjective
In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event.
on the clockadjective
Displayed numerically on the mileage or kilometric gauge.
on the clockadjective
Remunerated per unit of time.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of on the clock in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of on the clock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of on the clock in a Sentence
Transportation Secretary Foxx:
The mission I have is we’ve got a clock ticking, this technology is coming. Ready or not, it’s coming.
These citizen soldiers will provide much-needed support to state and local first responders, many of whom have spent the last several days working around the clock responding to record rainfall and flooding.
I would not dare to stand here and tell you we will break our strike on the basis of this incredible supposed offer, which we have already evaluated. It is no offer, we will continue this labour dispute until 9 o'clock on Sunday.
We're never going to quit, regardless of whether we're down by 30 or not, we're going to play until the clock hits 0.0 and that's what we did today.
This is a disease of time. The clock starts ticking when you get hurt, not when you get to the hospital.
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