I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
•The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything ran like clockwork.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
run like clockwork — go/run like ˈclockwork idiom to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems • The operation went like clockwork. Main entry: ↑clockworkidiom … Useful english dictionary
go like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
work like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
go like clockwork — go/run like ˈclockwork idiom to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems • The operation went like clockwork. Main entry: ↑clockworkidiom … Useful english dictionary
go\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… … Словарь американских идиом
go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… … Dictionary of American idioms
go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… … Dictionary of American idioms
go\ off\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… … Словарь американских идиом
clockwork — clock|work [ˈklɔk wə:k US ˈkla:k wə:rk] n [U] 1.) BrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key ▪ mechanical toys powered by clockwork ▪ The tape was driven by a clockwork motor. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or … New Collegiate Dictionary
