Verb

clock up (third-person singular simple present clocks up, present participle clocking up, simple past and past participle clocked up)Category:English lemmas#CLOCKUPCategory:English verbs#CLOCKUPCategory:English phrasal verbs#CLOCKUPCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22up%22#CLOCKUPCategory:English multiword terms#CLOCKUPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CLOCKUPCategory:Pages with entries#CLOCK%20UPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CLOCK%20UP

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CLOCKUP, figuratively) To accumulate (an amount of time or experience).

   To become a pilot, you must clock up at least 1,000 hours flying time.Category:English terms with usage examples#CLOCKUP

   • 2022 September 21, Ben Jones, “IC225s: the Electras go gliding on”, in RAIL, number 966, page 38:

     Only Gresley's 'A3s' and the InterCity 125s, both of which clocked up over 40 years of ECML service, can boast longer careers. But none were pushed as hard, for as long, as the Class 91s and Mk 4s have been over the past three decades.

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CLOCKUP, figuratively, BritishCategory:British English#CLOCKUP) To cover (a distance) over time.

   My car has clocked up over 5,000 miles in the last monthCategory:English terms with usage examples#CLOCKUP

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