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like clockwork

ADVERB
  1. with regularity and precision
    the rocket launch went off like clockwork

How To Use like clockwork In A Sentence

  • Whether it is all running like clockwork depends on results. The Sun
  • The sports day went like clockwork, with every race starting and finishing on time.
  • Like clockwork, the structures form in the afternoon and break down after nightfall.
  • Japanese cars in the main seem to run like clockwork. The Sun
  • As usual, though, the moment a plan does not go like clockwork from the outset there are calls for it to be abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
  • She came into season like clockwork, we took her to the stud yard, 15 minutes later she was back in the horsebox and we were on our way home.
  • You'll note that in these and many other cases the joy of seeing these works of art appear every month like clockwork is short-lived. The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy
  • True, the lucrative Indian Premier League has been mired in controversies off the cricket field, but its on-field performance — of staging a large number of matches on schedule at different venues — has run like clockwork. The 'Incompetence Raj' Strikes Again
  • Now my day runs like clockwork. Times, Sunday Times
  • Since the recent improvements to the service, the buses are running like clockwork.
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