Clock Up (Verb)
Meaning
Record a distance travelled; on planes and cars.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The plane clocked up 10,000 miles on its maiden voyage around the world.
- The old car clocked up over 200,000 miles before it finally broke down.
- During his road trip, he clocked up more than 3,000 miles behind the wheel of his trusty sedan.
- The private jet clocked up thousands of air miles last year due to frequent business trips.
- At the end of the year, the taxi driver clocked up an impressive 75,000 miles on his vehicle.