go\ off\ like\ clockwork

go\ off\ like\ clockwork
• go like clockwork
• go off like clockwork
v. phr. informal
To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned.

The car's motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it.

The birthday party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • go off like clockwork — See: GO LIKE CLOCKWORK …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • like clockwork — adverb with regularity and precision the rocket launch went off like clockwork • Usage Domain: ↑idiom, ↑idiomatic expression, ↑phrasal idiom, ↑set phrase, ↑phrase * * * like clockwork As smoothly as if driven by clockwork • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • like clockwork — See: GO LIKE CLOCKWORK or GO OFF LIKE CLOCKWORK …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • like\ clockwork — See: go like clockwork or go off like clockwork …   Словарь американских идиом

  • go\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • clockwork — /klok werrk /, n. 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork. [1620 30; CLOCK1 + WORK] * * * …   Universalium

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