flog the clock (English, verb)
expansion: flog the clock (third-person singular simple present flogs the clock, present participle flogging the clock, simple past and past participle flogged the clock)
Senses:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: To set the clock forward in order to shorten one's time on watch.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: flogs the clock
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flogging the clock
tags: participle
present
form: flogged the clock
tags: participle
past
form: flogged the clock
tags: past