Meaning: clockwork

n.
any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock

go run like clockwork Idiom, Proverb

run like clockwork

Idiom(s): run like clockwork

Theme: FUNCTIONING

to run very well; to progress very well.
• I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
• The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything would run like clockwork.

regular as clockwork

Idiom(s): (as) regular as clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork.
• Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork.

go like clockwork

Idiom(s): go like clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to progress with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The building project is progressing nicely. Everything is going like clockwork
• The elaborate pageant was a great success. It went like clockwork from start to finish.

Like clockwork

If something happens like clockwork, it happens at very regular times or intervals.

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v. phr., informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car's motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The birthday party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time.

clockwork

clockwork
like clockwork
very regularly, precisely, and evenly

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