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clock on

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verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to arrive at work, esp when it involves registering the time of arrival on a card

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The players, though, may not mind running down the play clock on some of those talks.

From The Wall Street Journal

That email is what starts the clock on estoppel.

From MarketWatch

Aunt Melissa looks at the clock on the wall.

From Literature

If the increase in inflation in January is bigger than expected, it would be a setback for the Fed and perhaps even reset the clock on the next interest-rate cut.

From MarketWatch

If the increase in inflation in January is bigger than expected, it would be a setback for the Fed and perhaps even reset the clock on the next interest-rate cut.

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