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clock-watching

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clock-watch·er (klkwôchr)
n.
A person who is eager for the time to pass, as at work or school.

clock-watching n.
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Noun1.clock-watching - paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work)
attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others


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Give her an interesting and gifted actor to bounce ideas off of and Parsons, the former artistic director of the Actors Studio, is in no danger of clock-watching.
They prefer harmony and dislike conflict, clock-watching, and being compared to others.
Some critics have harped on how tedious the film is: the endless clock-watching, Margaret carving her desk over and over again, the slow-motion shots of people doing odd sorts of things throughout the day.
 
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