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go off like clockwork

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go like clockwork

[go like clockwork] or [go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[queer as a clockwork orange] {adj.} 1. Very odd indeed. 2. Ostentatiously homosexual. British slang (Wikipedia)

like clockwork

[like clockwork] See: [GO LIKE CLOCKWORK] or [GO OFF LIKE CLOCKWORK]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

clock

[clock] See: [AGAINST TIME] or [AGAINST THE CLOCK], [AROUND THE CLOCK] or [THE CLOCK AROUND], [PUT BACK THE CLOCK] or [TURN BACK THE CLOCK], [GO LIKE CLOCKWORK] or [GO OFF […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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