clock off vs punch out

clock off

verb
  • to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine 

  • Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same. 

punch out

verb
  • To leave a workplace by punching a timecard. 

  • To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically. 

  • To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard. 

  • To repeatedly hit a person. 

  • To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out). 

  • To leave a workplace. 

  • To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored. 

  • To eject from an airplane. 

  • To throw a called third strike. 

noun
  • An instance of a called third strike. 

How often have the words clock off and punch out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )