noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
regular as clockwork (= always at the same time )
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He phones us every Sunday at six, regular as clockwork .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
regular
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For any social species whose behaviour is less regular than clockwork , even this ground-clearing goal is a daunting task.
■ VERB
go
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Whereas Prost had been delayed as the Ferrari mechanics fiddled with the right-rear wheel, Senna's stop went like clockwork .
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It does not go off like clockwork .
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Then we had been surprised when our ascent of the nearby Jankopiti had gone like clockwork .
run
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A universe that ran like clockwork also evinced design.
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Sometimes it ran like clockwork , sometimes-as I wrote at the time-it ran like the movie Clockwise.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every time they do it, it comes off like clockwork .
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He clicked the lever, and the clockwork motor whirred.
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Like clockwork the three nurses and I followed along with the male radio voice and did a ten-minute exercise routine.
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Many beginners start to practise their forms in a kind of clockwork , robotic manner.
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You don't have to play these cat and mouse games with your clockwork soldiers.