The whole ceremony went like clockwork.
The Swiss railways run like clockwork.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
Like Clockwork — Single by The Boomtown Rats from the album A Tonic for the Troops B side How Do You Do? Released Summer 1978 (UK) … Wikipedia
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
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
clockwork — n. (misc.) to work like clockwork ( to work perfectly ); as regular as clockwork ( completely regular ) * * * [ klɒkwɜːk] as regular as clockwork ( completely regular ) (misc.) to work like clockwork ( to work perfectly ) … Combinatory dictionary
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 — UK [ˈklɒkˌwɜː(r)k] / US [ˈklɑkˌwɜrk] noun [uncountable] a) a set of springs inside a toy or other object that make it work when you turn a handle or key b) [only before noun] operated by a set of springs that work when you turn a handle or key •… … English dictionary
clockwork — clock|work [ klak,wɜrk ] noun uncount a set of SPRINGS inside a toy or other object that make it work when you turn a handle or key a. only before noun operated by a set of springs that work when you turn a handle or key like clockwork happening… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clockwork — /klok werrk /, n. 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork. [1620 30; CLOCK1 + WORK] * * * … Universalium
clockwork — clock•work [[t]ˈklɒkˌwɜrk[/t]] n. 1) hor the mechanism of a clock 2) any mechanism similar to that of a clock • like clockwork Etymology: 1620–30 … From formal English to slang
work well — Synonyms and related words: be blooded, be effortless, be painless, be successful, catch on, click, coast, come off, connect, farewell, flow, give no trouble, glide, go, go easily, go great guns, go like clockwork, go off, go over, go over big,… … Moby Thesaurus
