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going like clockwork

phrase , present participle of go like clockwork

Synonyms and Antonyms of going like clockwork

to turn out as planned or desired

Once we figured out what to do, the job went like clockwork.

Synonyms of going like clockwork

clicking, coming off, delivering, going, going over, panning out, succeeding, working out

Words Related to going like clockwork

flourishing, prospering, thriving

cooking, percolating

Phrases Synonymous with going like clockwork

bearing fruit, catching fire, delivering the goods, doing the trick

Near Antonyms of going like clockwork

floundering, struggling

declining, sinking, skidding, slipping, slumping, waning

crashing, cratering, crumbling, flaming out

choking, cracking up, miscarrying, misfiring

falling down, going under

imploding, self-destructing

Antonyms of going like clockwork

bombing, collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, foundering, missing, striking out, washing out

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