like clockwork

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clock·work (kl

wûrk

)

A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.

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like clockwork

With machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly: The project proceeded like clockwork.

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like clockwork - with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

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As the figure moved like clockwork, however, and could neither hasten his enormous strides nor retard them, he arrived at the port when they were just beyond the reach of his club.

Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

This force is so organized and subdivided that the machinery of the school goes on day by day like clockwork.

Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context

By and by, there comes a great bustle downstairs, and a lanky chap with a red nose and a white neckcloth rushes up, and sings out, "Here's the shepherd a-coming to wisit his faithful flock;" and in comes a fat chap in black, vith a great white face, a-smilin' avay like clockwork.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

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