on the clock

on the clock
a) Displayed on the dial of a clock (timepiece).

It was six oclock on the clock. His own watch had stopped.

b) Working at ones job; occupied in some manner during ones hours of remunerated employment.

I discovered after my arrival that I wouldnt be able to start working for six weeks. . . . The Beverley Hills Post Office finally worked my status out with the Chicago Post Office. I was back on the clock.

2. adverb
During ones official working hours; in or into a position of remunerated employment.

Money earmarked for services and repairs often found its way to payroll, to put yet more unskilled workers on the clock.


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