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see LIKE CLOCKWORK.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): run like clockwork to run very well; to progress very well. • 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs