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automatic pilot

noun

  1. Aeronautics. Also called automatic, autopilot, gyropilot, robot. an airborne electronic control system that automatically maintains a preset heading and attitude.


automatic pilot

noun

  1. Also calledautopilot a device that automatically maintains an aircraft on a preset course
  2. on automatic pilot informal.
    acting without conscious thought because of tiredness, shock, or familiarity with the task being performed
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of automatic pilot1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. on automatic pilot, functioning in an unthinking or reflexive manner.
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“The sailboat crew were either unable to avoid collision” or they could have been down below with Theros on automatic pilot, an anonymous source told Saltwire.

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Jerome H. Powell, her successor as Fed chair, said it was so straightforward that it should be on “automatic pilot” and wouldn’t merit close scrutiny.

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Claiming that there are no significant differences between the two parties is a form of super-ideological gaslighting on automatic pilot.

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Johnson argued that keeping spending on “automatic pilot” was threatening to make the programs go “bankrupt.”

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Instead of acting as our representatives and making tough decisions, legislators put taxation on automatic pilot.

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