clockwork
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Britannica Dictionary definition of CLOCKWORK
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the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old-fashioned toy) that makes its parts move
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the clockwork inside a mechanical toy soldier
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— used to describe something that happens or works in a very regular and exact way
— often used before another noun
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Every morning, like clockwork, customers line up outside the front door of the bakery.
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Their wedding went (off) like clockwork. [=their wedding went very smoothly; everything in the wedding happened the way they planned]
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The birds return each year, (as) regular as clockwork.
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The work was done with clockwork precision.
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They return with clockwork regularity.
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a clockwork operation
