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clockwork

/ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/

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noun

[noncount] the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old-fashioned toy) that makes its parts move

the clockwork inside a mechanical toy soldier

used to describe something that happens or works in a very regular and exact way

Every morning, like clockwork, customers line up outside the front door of the bakery.

Their wedding went (off) like clockwork. [=their wedding went very smoothly; everything in the wedding happened the way they planned]

The birds return each year, (as) regular as clockwork. - often used before another noun

The work was done with clockwork precision.

They return with clockwork regularity.

a clockwork operation