clock up miles
Frequency: 6.24.8 per million words
to accumulate a large number of miles traveled
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- Altogether on the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles.
- A long-haul truck driver can clock up thousands of miles in a week.
- She enjoyed the freedom of the open road, clocking up new miles every day.
- The old car has clocked up over 200,000 miles, but it's still running.
- Pilots often clock up millions of miles during their careers.
- He loved cross-country cycling, clocking up serious miles each summer.
- Even on short trips, you can quickly clock up many miles without noticing.
- Their road trip last year saw them clock up some incredible miles.
- The delivery van clocks up hundreds of miles daily across the city.
- By the end of the endurance race, the athletes had clocked up an astonishing number of miles.