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Definition of Clock up
1. Verb. Record a distance travelled; on planes and cars.
Definition of Clock up
1. Verb. (figuratively) To accumulate a large amount of time. ¹
2. Verb. (context: figuratively British) To accumulate a large distance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock Up
Literary usage of Clock up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1841)
"... clock up drove Mr Titmouse in a dog-cart, from which be jumped out amidst the
cheers of ul- moat all present, and skipped on to the bench behind his own ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"This accomplished, off we started at eight o'clock up the river. The scene in
the hazy light of the beautiful spring morning was picturesque and animated. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"... and being gone to bed in a country town where fairies walked about twelve
o'clock, up comes a little woman, not much bigger than one's thumb, ..."
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