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It is typically used to describe someone who is overly focused on the time, often in a work context, indicating impatience or a desire for the workday to end. Example: "During the long meeting, I found myself clock-watching, eager for it to conclude." Alternatives include "time-watching" or "waiting for the clock to strike."
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clock-watching
noun
Continually looking at the time to see how much longer one has to work or study
Exact(36)
When you're fishing, you're not clock-watching.
Those are the ones that get you clock-watching after five minutes.
In some places the culture of box-ticking and clock-watching became too dominant.
Waiting and clock-watching can dim hopes, but then the food arrives and irritation vanishes.
A parade of lovely dresses and then hours of clock-watching with a disappointing finish?
Two to one for England, and the remainder of the game a matter of clock-watching, of breath-holding.
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"I was sitting in the weight room looking at the clock, watching it count down," said Brian Boyle, who was recovering from a concussion sustained in Game 5.
Employees at the company's operations center work in shifts around the clock, watching their clients' computers, which are connected to the Internet from locations worldwide.
Inside, operators work in shifts around the clock, watching their clients' computers, which are connected via the Internet from locations around the world.
"I had a few boring office jobs at which I clock-watched, but I never do that with teaching.
So far, workers on the site are simply digging trenches, as a dozen police officers provide round-the-clock watch.
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