clocking up
Steadily adding to
Clocking up means accumulating or registering a quantity over time, especially miles, hours, or achievements: She's clocked up over 200,000 miles on that car, He's been clocking up wins all season.
The phrase evokes a meter or odometer steadily advancing.
Primarily British; Americans tend toward racking up or logging.
- accomplishingSuccessfully finishing an undertaking
- attainingReaching a goal
- racking upAccumulating in quantity
- workingIn active function
- hoursSixty-minute spans
overtime hours · recording · aggregating · tallying · running total · reaching · surpassing · personal best · high score · summing · minutes · achieving · logging · progressing · seconds · lap times · amassing · registering
clocking upsubtracting
Removing quantity from another
reducing · depleting · running down · losing · shedding
clocking upstanding still
Absence of motion
stagnating · idling · resting · staying put · going nowhere
clocking upcoming up short
Failing to meet expectations
squandering · wasting · stalling · stagnating
clock, clocking, clocked, clocks, clockwise, clockwork, clocker