[U] machinery with wheels and SPRINGS like that inside a clock:
clockwork toys (= toys that you wind up with a key) * He is home by six every day regular as clockwork. * working with clockwork (= complete) precision
IDIOMS
go / run like clockwork to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems:
The operation went like clockwork.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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