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clock-watch
(clock-watch)
verb
[
no object
]
(often as noun
clock-watching
)
(of an employee) be overly keen not to work more than one’s allotted hours:
you’ll not find any mention of clock-watching in my references
Derivatives
clock-watcher
noun
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