GOING LIKE CLOCKWORK Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

going like clockwork

phrase

present participle of go like clockwork

as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired Once we figured out what to do, the job went like clockwork.

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bearing fruit

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Our work with one of our long-standing partners, InVideo, is bearing fruit.

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going in (on)

going like clockwork

going off

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