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go/run/work like clockwork

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go/run/work like clockwork

if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork.

See also: clockwork, like, run, work

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