clock off vs take a break

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. 

take a break

verb
  • To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities 

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