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clock·work       [klok-wurk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the mechanism of a clock.
2.any mechanism similar to that of a clock.
—Idiom
3.like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork.
[Origin: 1620–30; clock1 + work]
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clock·work       (klŏk'wûrk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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like clockwork

adverb
with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork" 

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like clockwork

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]


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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