clock up

English

Verb

clockup(third-person singular simple presentclocks up,present participleclocking up,simple past and past participleclocked up)

1. (transitive,figuratively)Toaccumulate(an amount oftimeorexperience).

   To become apilot,you mustclock upat least 1,000 hours flying time.

   • 2022September 21, Ben Jones, “IC225s: the Electras go gliding on”, inRAIL,number966,page38:

     Only Gresley's 'A3s' and the InterCity 125s, both of whichclocked upover 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.

2. (transitive,figuratively,British)Tocover(adistance) over time.

   My car hasclocked upover 5,000milesin the last month

Usage notes

Common collocations include:

• sales'The companyclocked up34 million dollars in sales last year.'
• other achievements such asmedalsorchampionshipsorvictories.Oftensportingachievements, but not limited to this category.

Anagrams

• upclock