milk the clock (English, verb)
expansion: milk the clock (third-person singular simple present milks the clock, present participle milking the clock, simple past and past participle milked the clock)
Senses:
glosses: To use as much time as one can in order to gain a benefit.
tags: colloquial
idiomatic
glosses: To squander time while on a shift's punch clock in order to earn more money.
tags: colloquial
idiomatic
Forms:
form: milks the clock
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: milking the clock
tags: participle
present
form: milked the clock
tags: participle
past
form: milked the clock
tags: past