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Clean someones clock

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on November 14, 2005

In Reply to: Clean someones clock posted by Stan on November 14, 2005

: To "Clean someones clock" means to physically beat them up. How did this phrase come about?

It's a pun on the fact that clocks have faces, and therefore it specifically means to hit someone in the face - to give them a "wipe".

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