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Re: clockwork
clockwork
noun
mass noun
A mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
‘quartz watches are more accurate than those driven by clockwork’
adjective
1attributive Driven by clockwork.
‘a clockwork motor’
1.1 Very smooth and regular.
‘the clockwork precision of the galaxy’
1.2 Repetitive and predictable.
‘it was a clockwork existence for the children’
Phrases
as regular as clockwork
Very regularly; repeatedly and predictably.
clockwork
noun
mass noun
A mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
‘quartz watches are more accurate than those driven by clockwork’
adjective
1attributive Driven by clockwork.
‘a clockwork motor’
1.1 Very smooth and regular.
‘the clockwork precision of the galaxy’
1.2 Repetitive and predictable.
‘it was a clockwork existence for the children’
Phrases
as regular as clockwork
Very regularly; repeatedly and predictably.
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