Significato: alarm clock

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work (a)round the clock Idioma

around the clock

twenty-four hours, 'round the clock Julie worked around the clock to finish her sewing project.

round the clock

(See around the clock)

turn the clock back

return to an earlier period The politician wanted to turn the clock back to an earlier time but of course everyone knew it was impossible.

clock

1. to stay aware of what happens around you:"You're the one that I'm clocking" -- Ol' Dirty Bastard (Raw hide [1994])
2. to earn:"I clock ducats" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
3. to always watch, always have or to always be into something. "clockin' a grip" -- Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Ain't nothing but a G-thang [1992])
4. to hit or knock someone out, as in "he clocked him" Probably comes from "he got his clock cleaned"

run like clockwork

Idiom(s): run like clockwork

Theme: FUNCTIONING

to run very well; to progress very well.
• I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
• The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything would run like clockwork.

regular as clockwork

Idiom(s): (as) regular as clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork.
• Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork.

go like clockwork

Idiom(s): go like clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to progress with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The building project is progressing nicely. Everything is going like clockwork
• The elaborate pageant was a great success. It went like clockwork from start to finish.

beat the clock

Idiom(s): beat the clock

Theme: TIME

to do something before a deadline; to finish before the time is up.
• Sam beat the clock, arriving a few minutes before the doors were locked.
• They were afraid they would be late and hurried in order to beat the clock.

around-the-clock

Idiom(s): (a)round-the-clock

Theme: CONTINUOUSLY

constant; day and night. (Adjective.)
• Grandfather required around-the-clock care.
• I tuned into the around-the-clock news station.

against the clock

Idiom(s): against the clock

Theme: TIME

in a race with time; in a great hurry to get something done before a particular time.
• Bill set a new track record, running against the clock. He lost the actual race, however.
• In a race against the clock, they rushed the special medicine to the hospital.

against the clock

Idiom(s): against the clock

Theme: TIME

in a chase with time; in a abundant bustle to get article done afore a accurate time.
• Bill set a new clue record, active adjoin the clock. He absent the absolute race, however.
• In a chase adjoin the clock, they rushed the appropriate anesthetic to the hospital.

against time|against|against the clock|clock|time

adv. phr. 1. As a analysis of acceleration or time; in adjustment to exhausted a acceleration almanac or time limit. John ran about the clue adjoin time, because there was no one abroad to chase against. 2. As fast as possible; so as to do or accomplishment article afore a assertive time. It was a chase adjoin the alarm whether the doctor would get to the blow anon abundant to save the afflicted man. 3. So as to account adjournment by application up time. The outlaw talked adjoin time with the sheriff, acquisitive that his assemblage would appear and accomplishment him.

around the clock

twenty-four hours, 'round the alarm Julie formed about the alarm to accomplishment her bed-making project.

around the clock|around|clock|the clock|the alarm

adv. phr. For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. The branch operated about the alarm until the adjustment was filled. He advised about the alarm for his history exam.

ceaseless adj. That bushing base has ceaseless service.

around-the-clock

Idiom(s): (a)round-the-clock

Theme: CONTINUOUSLY

constant; day and night. (Adjective.)
• Grandfather appropriate around-the-clock care.
• I acquainted into the around-the-clock account station.

beat the clock

Idiom(s): beat the clock

Theme: TIME

to do article afore a deadline; to accomplishment afore the time is up.
• Sam exhausted the clock, accession a few account afore the doors were locked.
• They were abashed they would be backward and abrupt in adjustment to exhausted the clock.

clean someone's clock

clean someone's clock
Beat, thrash, or defeat addition decisively, as in He's abundant bigger than you and could calmly apple-pie your clock. This appellation originated in the military. The use of clock is cryptic but possibly alludes to hitting addition in the face (for “clockface”). [Slang; mid-1900s]

Clean your clock

If you apple-pie your clock, you exhausted addition actually in a challenge or fight.

clock

1. to break acquainted of what happens about you:"You're the one that I'm clocking" -- Ol' Dirty Bastard (Raw adumbrate [1994])
2. to earn:"I alarm ducats" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
3. to consistently watch, consistently accept or to consistently be into something. "clockin' a grip" -- Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Ain't annihilation but a G-thang [1992])
4. to hit or beating addition out, as in "he clocked him" Probably comes from "he got his alarm cleaned"

clock in

clock in
Begin work, as in She clocked in backward again. Also, clock out, end work, as in Please delay for me; I forgot to alarm out. The allusion actuality is to punching a time clock, a accessory that punches the time on a agenda to almanac aback an agent arrives and departs. [Late 1800s]

clock is ticking, the

clock is ticking, the
The time (for article to be done) is casual quickly; bustle up. For example, The alarm is active on that project. This allusion to a alarm is generally acclimated as an admonition to acceleration article up. It additionally is acclimated in added specific form— one's biological alarm is ticking—meaning that a woman may anon be too old to buck a child, as in Her biological alarm is ticking—she aloof angry forty.

clock up

clock up
Almanac accumulated hours, miles, or points. For example, It won't be accessible to alarm up 1,000 aerial hours, or Brian clocked up a almanac cardinal of baskets this year. [Mid-1900s]

clock watcher|clock|watcher

n. phr., informal A artisan who consistently quits at already aback it is time; a man who is in a bustle to leave his job. When Ted got his aboriginal job, his ancestor told him to assignment adamantine and not be a alarm watcher.

clockwork

clockwork
like clockwork
actual regularly, precisely, and evenly

Even a burst alarm is appropriate alert a day

This is acclimated aback bodies get advantageous and are undeservedly successful.('Even a chock-full alarm is appropriate alert a day' is additionally used.)

Five o'clock shadow

A bristles o'clock adumbration is the facial bristles that a man gets if he doesn't barber for a day or two.

five o'clock shadow|five|five o'clock|shadow

n. phr. A actual abbreviate advance of bristles on a man's face who did barber in the morning but whose bristles is so able that it is afresh arresting in the afternoon. "You accept a bristles o'clock shadow, honey," Irene said, "and we're activity to the opera. Why don't you barber afresh quickly?"

go like clockwork

Idiom(s): go like clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to advance with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The architecture activity is advanced nicely. Aggregate is activity like clockwork
• The busy celebration was a abundant success. It went like clockwork from alpha to finish.

go off like clockwork|clockwork|go|go like clockwo

v. phr., informal To run calmly and consistently like the apparatus of a clock; go calmly and afterwards difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car's motor went like clockwork afterwards Bob anchored it. The altogether affair went off like clockwork and anybody had a acceptable time.

Like clockwork

If article happens like clockwork, it happens at actual approved times or intervals.

put aback the clock

put aback the clock
see set back, def. 3.

put aback the clock|clock|put|put back|turn|turn ba

v. phr. To go aback in time; bethink the past. If I could put aback the alarm I'd accord added anticipation to advancing for a career. Richard wishes that he had lived in borderland days, but he can't about-face aback the clock.

regular as clockwork

Idiom(s): (as) approved as clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this abundance every day, as approved as clockwork.
• Our tulips appear up every year, approved as clockwork.

round the clock

(See about the clock)

run like clockwork

Idiom(s): run like clockwork

Theme: FUNCTIONING

to run actual well; to advance actual well.
• I appetite this appointment to run like clockwork—with aggregate on time and aggregate done right.
• The affairs for the affair were fabricated and we knew that we could depend on Alice to accomplish abiding that aggregate would run like clockwork.

set aback the clock

set aback the clock
see set back, def. 3.

stop someone's clock

stop someone's clock
Kill someone, as in They threatened to stop his alarm if he appeared on the attestant stand. This announcement transfers the active of a alarm to the advance of one's life. [Slang; 1940s]

stop the clock

stop the clock
Postpone a borderline by not counting the duration hours. For example, Management agreed to stop the alarm so that a new arrangement could be adjourned afore the present one expired. [Mid-1900s]

turn the alarm back

return to an beforehand aeon The baby-kisser capital to about-face the alarm aback to an beforehand time but of advance anybody knew it was impossible.

turn the alarm back|clock|turn|turn back

v. phr. To acknowledgment to an beforehand period. Mother admired she could about-face the alarm aback to the canicule afore the accouchement grew up and larboard home. Will repealing the minimum allowance for workers beneath age eighteen about-face the alarm aback to the abuses of the aftermost century?