clock out

English

Verb

clock out (third-person singular simple present clocks out, present participle clocking out, simple past and past participle clocked out)

1. (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.

   • 1946, American Labor Arbitration Awards:

     They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out.

   • 2026 August 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Ryan Shtuka, 20, Vanished After Leaving a House Party at a Ski Resort in 2018. His Walk Home Was Only 300 Metres”, in Skip Boring‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 August 2026:

     20-year-old Ryan Shtuka clocked out of his lift-operator shift at the Sun Peaks Resort at 7 pm on February 16, 2018, and walked back to the cabin he shared with five roommates.

2. (transitive) To officially record a work-termination time for.

   I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.

   I clocked myself out as soon as I could.

3. (transitive, intransitive, electronics) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
4. (slang, intransitive) To die.

Synonyms

• (end work): punch out, clock off, go off the clock

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to end work”): clock in, clock on, punch in, go on the clock

Translations

Translations

• Czech: odpíchnout si pf
• Portuguese: picar o ponto (Portugal; also means "to clock out"), bater ponto (Brazil; also means "to clock out")
• Spanish: fichar / ponchar / marcar tarjeta de salida / al salir