punch the clock idiom US
打卡上下班
to put a card into a special machine to record the times you arrive at and leave work
（每天）上班
to go to work every day
After 17 years of punching the clock, he just disappeared one morning and was never heard from again. 17年来他一直按部就班地上下班，可有天早晨他突然消失了，从此音信全无。