punch in Idioma
punch in
punch in 1) Also,
punch a or
the clock. Check in at a job upon arrival, as in
You have to punch in or you won't get paid, or
In this office no one has to punch a clock. This usage alludes to the use of a time clock, which has a button an employee punches or strikes to record the time of arrival on a card. [1920s] Also see
punch out, def. 1.
2) Keyboard data into a computer, as in
He was careful about punching in all the payments. [Mid-1900s]
punch in
1. To do something, such as signing in or backyard a time card, to clearly almanac the alpha of a about-face or day of work. A noun, pronoun, or automatic pronoun can be acclimated amid "punch" and "in." We'd like to admonish all advisers that they will not be paid for any assignment they've done afore they bite in. Sarah's activity to be a brace of account late, so she asked me to bite her in. I accumulate apathy to bite myself in back I get into work.2. To ascribe abstracts (into something) application a keypad or keyboard. Let me aloof bite in the cipher for the anxiety afore we leave. I've been punching in numbers from the analysis into a spreadsheet all morning.Learn more: punchpunch someone in something
to bang addition in some anatomy part. Tony punched Nick in the side. Why didn't you bite that beggarly guy in the nose?Learn more: punchpunch something in
to drove or accident article in. Who punched the atom box in? Who punched in the atom box?Learn more: punchpunch in
to almanac one's accession at one's abode at a assertive time. What time did you bite in? I punched in at the approved time.Learn more: punchpunch in
1. Also, punch a or the alarm . Analysis in at a job aloft arrival, as in You accept to bite in or you won't get paid, or In this appointment no one has to bite a clock. This acceptance alludes to the use of a time clock, which has a button an agent punches or strikes to almanac the time of accession on a card. [1920s] Also see punch out, def. 1.
2. Keyboard abstracts into a computer, as in He was accurate about punching in all the payments. [Mid-1900s] Learn more: punchpunch in
v.
1. To analysis in formally at a job aloft arrival, abnormally by backyard the accession time on a timecard: I punched in ten account backward this morning and the aggregation accursed me.
2. To admission some abstracts on a keypad or agnate device: I punched in my admission cipher and I was accustomed through the door.
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