ride the clock
English
editVerb
editride the clock (third-person singular simple present rides the clock, present participle riding the clock, simple past rode the clock, past participle ridden the clock)
- To leave one's workplace covertly without clocking out, thus continuing to be paid.
- 1984, Decisions - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission:
- Complainant and his wife both complained to Mr. Cooper about employees "riding the clock," that is being clocked in, but not being at work.
- 2015, Lorraine Stephens, The Black Man Drought, page 39:
- […] everyone was doing what he paid us to do, rather than gossip, goof off and ride the clock, things we often did instead.