English / idiom
Like Clockwork
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Operating with extreme regularity, precision, and predictability.
In context
01
The secret informants delivered their drops every Friday at midnight like clockwork.
02
Once the whistle was blown, the investigative steps proceeded like clockwork.
Synonyms
smoothly,precisely,like a machine
Antonyms
erratically,unpredictably,irregularly
Collocations
runs like clockwork,happens like clockwork,operate like clockwork