Meaning & use
clocked
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Recorded a time or speed with a clock or timer, or, informally, noticed or recognized something.
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The sprinter clocked a time of 9.8 seconds in the final.
I clocked him staring at his phone the whole meeting.
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The informal sense of 'noticing' or 'spotting' something is especially common in British slang.
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