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clockwork
/ ˈɒˌɜː /
noun
the mechanism of a clock
any similar mechanism, as in a wind-up toy
with complete regularity and precision
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clockwork1
Idioms and Phrases
like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision.
The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork.
Example Sentences
Every summer, like clockwork, a particular kind of collective amnesia lifts.
“The dialogue is put together like a clockwork that if you take something out, you lose the spark of it, because his writing is painted with a thin brush,” Del Toro says.
Like clockwork, they became the hottest “it” item across the Internet.
"Like clockwork, headline-grabbing plans are made and abandoned, and ambitious targets are set and missed."
“When we get the studio together now, it’s like clockwork. Both of us are so refined and coming together to do music makes it 10 times easier.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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