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like clockwork

like clockwork prepositional phrase: with perfect regularity and precision; faultless.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) With perfect regularity and precision; faultless.
    • Thanks to the volunteers, the event ran like clockwork.

Synonyms of like clockwork

Questions about like clockwork

What does like clockwork mean?
Like clockwork means with perfect regularity and precision; faultless.
What part of speech is like clockwork?
Like clockwork is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like clockwork in the dictionary

  1. like buggery
  2. like butter on a bald monkey
  3. like candy
  4. like cats and dogs
  5. like cheese at fourpence
  6. like clockwork
  7. like crack
  8. like crazy
  9. like death warmed over
  10. like death warmed up
  11. like falling off a log

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