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LIKE CLOCKWORK

Pronunciation (US):

• LIKE CLOCKWORK (adverb)
The adverb LIKE CLOCKWORK has 1 sense:

1. with regularity and precision

Familiarity information: LIKE CLOCKWORK used as an adverb is very rare.

• LIKE CLOCKWORK (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

With regularity and precision

Context example:

the rocket launch went off like clockwork

Domain usage:

idiom; idiomatic expression; phrasal idiom; phrase; set phrase (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)

"A creaking gate hangs long."
(English proverb)
"The coward shoots with shut eyes."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"The stupid might have wanted to help you, but ended up hurting you."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who leaves and then returns, had a good trip."
(Corsican proverb)

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