Meaning & use
clock out
To record the time one finishes a work shift, typically using a time clock or digital system.
See it in a sentence
Employees must clock out for lunch before leaving the building each day.
She forgot to clock out and had to ask her manager to correct her timesheet.
A note on using this word
Clock out is the opposite of clock in, which records the start of a work shift rather than its end.
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Words with an opposite meaning
clock in
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