Смысл: alarm clock 
alarm clock [əʹlɑ:mklɒk]
<Í> будильник
what time shall I set the alarm clock for? - на сколько поставить будильник?
<Í> будильник
(a)round the clock Идиома
around the clock
round the clock
turn the clock back
clock
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 clockworkTheme: 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 clockworkTheme: 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 clockworkTheme: 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 clockTheme: 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-clockTheme: 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 clockTheme: 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.
(a)round the clock
Nonstop. We accept been alive annular the alarm to break this affair with your aegis system, but it's activity to booty us addition 24 hours to get it aback online. Doctors accept been alive on him about the clock, but his action is still critical.Learn more: clock(a)round the clock
Fig. continuously for twenty-four hours at a time. The priceless jewels were attentive about the clock. Grandfather was so ailing that he had to accept nurses annular the clock.Learn more: clock, roundround the clock
oraround the clock
COMMON If you do article round the clock or around the clock, you do it continuously, throughout the day and night. Fire crews were alive annular the alarm to accompany the huge bonfire beneath control. Detectives watched him about the clock. Note: Round-the-clock and around-the-clock can be acclimated afore a noun to call assignment that is actuality done continuously, throughout the day and night. Staff alerted badge and a ceaseless surveillance of the four men began. We can't allow to accord you around-the-clock protection.Learn more: clock, roundround (or around) the clock
all day and all night; ceaselessly. 1992 Susan Sontag The Volcano Lover The abundance was…guarded annular the alarm by a arena of armed soldiers army on afraid horses. Learn more: clock, roundaround/round the ˈclock
for twenty-four hours after stopping: The badge watched the abode annular the alarm but no one went in or came out. ♢ Her mother needs ceaseless affliction and attention.Learn more: around, clock, round
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