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on the clock

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  1. on the clockadverb

    During one's official working hours; in or into a position of remunerated employment.

  2. on the clockadjective

    Displayed on the dial of a clock (timepiece).

  3. on the clockadjective

    Working at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment.

  4. on the clockadjective

    Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab.

  5. on the clockadjective

    In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event.

  6. on the clockadjective

    In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event.

  7. on the clockadjective

    Displayed numerically on the mileage or kilometric gauge.

  8. on the clockadjective

    Remunerated per unit of time.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the clock in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the clock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of on the clock in a Sentence

  1. Harold Monro:

    When the tea is brought at five o'clock And all the neat curtains are drawn with care, The little black cat with bright green eyes Is suddenly purring there.

  2. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee:

    We are standing united as San Franciscans to condemn North Carolina’s new discriminatory law that turns back the clock on protecting the rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, effective immediately, I am directing City Departments under my authority to bar any publicly-funded City employee travel to the State of North Carolina that is not absolutely essential to public health and safety.

  3. Jacqueline Choi:

    I had second thoughts about running it, as well as third and fourth and fifth thoughts, not only was I unsure whether my body would heal quickly enough from an unplanned C-section, butI was also worried that training and racing would diminish my already-meager milk supply. Fortunately, I was able to pump around the clock for a couple of months to trick my body into making more milk, and I actually had an amazing oversupply by the time I needed to race.

  4. Hanaa Singer:

    The people we met in Madaya were exhausted and extremely frail, doctors were emotionally distressed and mentally drained, working 'round the clock with very limited resources to provide treatment to children and people in need. It is simply unacceptable that this is happening in the 21st century.

  5. State Department spokeswoman Mari Harf:

    This work is highly technical and high stakes for all of the countries involved. We're frankly more concerned about the quality of the deal than we are about the clock, though we also know that difficult decisions won't get any easier with time -- that is why we are continuing to negotiate.


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