run like clockwork

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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.

See also: clockwork, like, run

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