clock out
(transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.
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Issue is once you get paid over like $200k part of the deal is having access to your brain for specialty problems other people can't solve, so it's hard to clock out after only 20 hours on. there's always going to be…
Just getting ready to clock out! Happy I'm part-time now!
There are a few I talk to but mostly I’m polite and kind my business and then stop thinking about this place as soon as I clock out
Work days are hard. Tear gas grenades are the ultimate meeting ender. Clock in. Clear the room. Clock out.
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(transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.
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(intransitive) To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour.
“Just getting ready to clock out! Happy I'm part-time now!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There are a few I talk to but mostly I’m polite and kind my business and then stop thinking about this place as soon as I clock out”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Work days are hard. Tear gas grenades are the ultimate meeting ender. Clock in. Clear the room. Clock out.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive, intransitive, electronics) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.
“Issue is once you get paid over like $200k part of the deal is having access to your brain for specialty problems other people can't solve, so it's hard to clock out after only 20 hours on. there's always going to be an incentive to stay longer or take on a new project.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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