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clockwork(dictionary)
Clockwork Orange, A(dictionary)

clockwork (oh)



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.
go/run like clockwork
to happen in exactly the way you had planned
::The concert went like clockwork.
like clockwork
also (as) regular as clockwork
happening at the same time and in the same way every time
::Matt came round each Friday, regular as clockwork.
with clockwork precision/accuracy
in an extremely exact way