B2idiomtimeIELTS-friendly
around the clock
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all day and all night, without stopping
Used about work, services and care that never stop. British English also says 'round the clock'.
In context
Doctors and nurses worked around the clock during the flood.
The convenience store on our street is open around the clock.
More idioms about time
- at the last minuteat the latest possible time, just before something happens or must be done
- behind the timesold-fashioned; not using the newest ideas, methods or technology
- buy timeto delay something so that you have more time to prepare or decide
- for the time beingfor now, until something changes
- in no timevery quickly or very soon