run like clockwork

run like clockwork
go/run like ˈclockwork idiom
to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems

The operation went like clockwork.

Main entry:clockworkidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • run like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork …   New idioms dictionary

  • go like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork …   New idioms dictionary

  • work like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork …   New idioms dictionary

  • go like clockwork — go/run like ˈclockwork idiom to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems • The operation went like clockwork. Main entry: ↑clockworkidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • go\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go\ off\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • clockwork — clock|work [ˈklɔk wə:k US ˈkla:k wə:rk] n [U] 1.) BrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key ▪ mechanical toys powered by clockwork ▪ The tape was driven by a clockwork motor. 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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