round the clock

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase / Adjective

1. (idiomatic) nonstop, 24 hours per day. continuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long; Note: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around.
   1. During a study on predators, she was recording sounds from the nests of superb fairy wrens (Malurus cyaneus) round the clock. <> A wani bincike da ta gudanar game da dabbobi masu cinye ‘ya’yan tsuntsuye, ta na nadar sautukan da ke fitowa daga shekar tsuntsayen wren yini da kwana. --bbchausa_verticals/082-baby-learning
   2. He had his team work round the clock to get the project finished in time.
2. Round the clock is another way of spelling round-the-clock.

Synonyms

• day and night
• 24/7