clock in

Meaning

1. Oxford19% of films

   to record the time at which you arrive at work, especially by putting a card into a machine

   All workers punch in at the rear entrance.

In the movies · 19

• All workers punch in at the rear entrance.Something the Lord Made2004
• There's, you know, no clocks in this town anywhere.Swingers1996
• Let's suit up, ladies. Time to punch in.Training Day2001
• Put a clock in the walls to drive me nuts.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• I got guys on the clock in here. But you give me 30 minutes.Gone Girl2014
• Make the clock...Tangled2010
• The objective referent of clock is another clock.The Man from Earth2007
• Ten seconds on the clock.Space Jam: A New Legacy2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Swingers1996
  • Rob Explains the No-Call Rule
  • Trent Talks Mike Into Vegas
  • Trent Schools Mike in Vegas
• Training Day2001
  • Jake's First Day on the Job
  • Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story
  • Alonzo's Felony Stop

From the same entry

• against the clock
• around the clock
• put the clocks forward
• put the clock back
• run down the clock
• the clocks go forward
• beat the clock
• a race against time clock
• stop the clock
• watch the clock
• clock out
• clock up