punch the clock
Example Sentences
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Mere hours after finishing a concert, usually after little to no sleep, he would slip back into his Postal Service uniform and punch the clock.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2022
But really I just punch the clock and go: “What do you want? I’ll give you what you want.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Exempt workers are on payroll, but they do not have to punch the clock because they are not paid by the hour.
From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018
Severance by Ling Ma Candace Chen is an office drone at a publishing house in Manhattan that produces specialty bibles, content just to punch the clock and cash her paychecks.
From The Verge • Aug. 1, 2018
"To make sure, punch the clock in the front office each time you pass."
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
