on the clock

1. Currently engaged in work during one's normal working day or assigned hours. I'd love to go have a beer with you, but as you can see by the uniform I'm wearing, I'm actually on the clock right now.

2. Of a taxi (and by extension, its driver), currently engaged to carry a passenger and having an active meter. Sorry, but I can't stay to chat. I've got a taxi waiting outside that's still on the clock!

3. Currently displayed on a motor vehicle's speedometer or odometer (also called a mileometer). I can't believe I got a ticket for speeding—I was only going 50 on the clock! This car may have 200,000 kilometers on the clock, but it still runs as smooth as ever.

See also: clock, on

References in classic literature ?

The little Mower on the clock, in his unheeded work, acknowledged it

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On the Chip
on the chopping block
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On the Close
On the close order
On the Close Orders
on the coat-tails of someone/something
on the coattails
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on the confines of
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On The Couch
On the Course Side
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on the crest of a wave
on the crest of the wave
on the cuff
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on the cusp
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on the cutting edge
on the cutting edge of something
on the cutting room floor
on the day hell freezes over
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