to punch the card

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• punch the clock — US ► WORKPLACE to record the time that you begin and end work, especially by using a special machine to make a hole in a card: »Workers are required to punch the clock at an increasingly early hour. Main Entry: ↑punch …   Financial and business terms

• punch the clock (to) —  Report for work; punch a time card at a factory.  ► “ If a student is late, she must punch in on the keypad and report to the feared attendance office.” (Automatic ID News, Sept. 1994, p. 37) …   American business jargon

• Card — The term card (from Greek χάρτης chartēs , paper, papyrus ), primarily refers to cardboard or a piece of this.More generally, the term can refer to any of various small flat objects, typically made from heavy paper or plastic. In particular: *… …   Wikipedia

• Card marking — is the process of altering playing cards such that the suit, rank or both are only apparent to the person marking the cards (or potentially another conspirator), usually for the purpose of cheating at cards by card sharps. To be effective, the… …   Wikipedia

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• punch — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): punch sb in/on sth: Gallacher swung round and punched me hard in the stomach. | punch sb/sth: I punched the wall in anger. | punch the air (=to make a movement like a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• punch — ▪ I. punch punch 1 [pʌntʆ] verb [transitive] to make a hole in something, for example a card that shows what time you arrived at work or left work: • Any employee forgetting to punch his card must report it to his supervisor as soon as possible… …   Financial and business terms

• punch — punch1 S3 [pʌntʃ] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(make holes)¦ 3¦(push buttons)¦ 4 punch holes in somebody s argument/idea/plans etc 5 punch the air 6 punch somebody s lights out 7 punch the clock 8¦(cattle)¦ Phrasal verbs 　 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• punch — punch1 [ pʌntʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to hit someone or something with your FIST (=closed hand), usually as hard as you can: Two men punched him, knocking him to the ground. She punched her pillow angrily. a ) to press a button or switch: David …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• punch in — verb register one s arrival at work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑clock in, ↑clock on • Ant: ↑punch out, ↑clock out (for: ↑clock in) …   Useful english dictionary