clock in

To record the time you arrive and begin work.

• Please clock in when you arrive.
• I clocked in ten minutes late.
• Have all the workers clocked in?

How to use it: clock in at + time (We clock in at eight.)

Similar words: punch in, sign in

Opposites: clock out

Common phrases: clock in at work, clock in late

To have a particular measured weight, length, time, or other value.

• The parcel clocks in at five kilos.
• Her final lap clocked in at just under a minute.
• The new report clocks in at nearly three hundred pages.

How to use it: clock in at + measurement (The film clocks in at two hours.)

Similar words: measure, weigh

Common phrases: clock in at something, clock in under something