milking the clock
Running out time
Milking the clock is deliberately slowing down to use up time, especially in sports when a team with the lead runs out the remaining minutes rather than trying to score.
The phrase extends to any situation where someone stretches out an activity to exhaust a time limit: He was milking the clock until his shift ended.
Compare running out the clock.
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- phoning it inPerforming without genuine commitment
- sandbaggingFeigning weakness strategically
- quiet quittingWorking without exceeding requirements
- bare minimumSmallest acceptable quantity
time-wasting · underperforming · shirking · coasting · procrastination · stalling · delay tactics · slow walking · dawdling · dragging your feet · idling · gaming the system · foot-dragging · workplace ethics · work to rule · dishonesty · passive resistance · exploitation
milking the clockrushing
Rapid forward movement
hustling · hurrying · beating the clock · sprinting · scrambling
milking the clockgoing all out
Exerting total effort
pedal to the metal · firing on all cylinders · going for broke
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