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CLOCK UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clock up mean?
• CLOCK UP (verb)
The verb CLOCK UP has 1 sense:
1. record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
Familiarity information: CLOCK UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
clock up; log up
Hypernyms (to "clock up" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples
Researchers suggest that you can reduce the risk of early death no matter how many hours you clock up a week or how fast you run.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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