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like clockwork



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, regular as clockwork . With extreme regularity, as in Ruth arrives every Wednesday morning just like clockwork , or You can count on his schedule, which is regular as clockwork , or Their assembly line runs like clockwork . This idiom alludes to the mechanical and therefore very regular action of a clock. [Second half of 1600s]
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Night after night, like clockwork: Boom, entire stockpiles gone.

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But earthquakes don’t happen like clockwork, and scientists cannot say for certain when the Raymond fault will rupture next.

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Berkheiser says infusions have gone “like clockwork†since his delayed start.

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The Dodgers might win 100 games like clockwork, but Sarah Wilson of Anaheim said she believed Dodgers fans could embrace summer as well as fall.

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And film adaptations of the original book turn up every few decades, like clockwork.

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