round the clock

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round the clock

1. (idiomatic) Nonstop, 24 hours per day.

   He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 6, in Livia‎^[1], New York: Viking, published 1979, page 198:

     Here were the practice rooms where right round the clock one heard pianos playing scales and snatches of classical music, heard sopranos giving tongue, heard the gruff commentary of tubas practising.

round the clock (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of round-the-clock.

• day and night
• 24/7

round the clock (uncountable)

1. (games) A variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.