GO / RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK

Meaning of GO / RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK in English

to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CLOCKWORK — noun Date: 1628 the inner workings of something, the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUN — I. ˈrən verb ( ran ˈran, ˈraa(ə)n ; or nonstandard run ; run ; running ; runs ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : machinery composed of or containing a train of wheels of small size ; especially : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — (n.) The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOCKWORK — ( n. ) The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUN — — runnable , adj. — runnability , n. /run/ , v. , ran, run, running , n. , adj. v.i. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — /klok"werrk'/ , n. 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. 3. like …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — n. machinery that makes a clock run
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RUN — I. ˈrən verb ( ran ˈran ; also chiefly dialect run ; run ; run·ning ) Etymology: Middle English ronnen, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCKWORK — noun Date: 1628 1. : the inner workings of something 2. : the machinery (as springs and a train of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
CLOCKWORK — noun the machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
Webster English vocab
CLOCKWORK — ■ noun a mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCKWORK — [clock.work] n (1628) 1: the inner workings of something 2: the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCKWORK — clockwork BrE AmE ˈklɒk wɜːk AmE \ ˈklɑːk wɝːk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RUN — / rʌn; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( running , ran / ræn; NAmE / run ) MOVE …
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LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
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GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — / ˈklɒkwɜːk; NAmE ˈklɑːkwɜːrk/ noun [ U ] machinery with wheels and springs like that inside a clock : clockwork …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCKWORK — clock ‧ work /ˈklɒk-wɜːk $ ˈklɑːk-wɜːrk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] 1 . British English clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have …
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOCKWORK — n. 1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears. 2 (attrib.) a driven by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — n. 1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears. 2 (attrib.) a driven by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
CLOCKWORK — n.1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears. 2 (attrib.) a driven by clockwork. …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUN — ( runs, running, ran) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — 1. A clockwork toy or device has machinery inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCKWORK — 1. A ~ toy or device has machinery inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOCKWORK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES regular as clockwork (= always at the same time ) ▪ He phones us every …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOCKWORK — [noun] [U] - a system of springs and wheels or other machinery which makes some types of clocks, toys and …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOCKWORK — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CLOCKWORK — noun Clockwork is used before these nouns: ↑ toy
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RUN — INDEX: 1. to run 2. to run as a sport or for exercise 3. to run with short quick steps …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLOCKWORK — • ↑ go like clockwork
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOCKWORK — n. ( misc. ) to work like ~ ('to work perfectly'); as regular as ~ ('completely regular')
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