"run like a top" meaning in All languages combined

See run like a top on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-run like a top.ogg Forms: runs like a top [present, singular, third-person], running like a top [participle, present], ran like a top [past], run like a top [participle, past]
Etymology: Derived from comparison to the smooth, balanced manner of the operation of a spinning top. Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> like a top}} run like a top (third-person singular simple present runs like a top, present participle running like a top, simple past ran like a top, past participle run like a top)
  1. (simile, usually of motorized machinery) To operate flawlessly and smoothly. Tags: usually Related terms: like clockwork
    Sense id: en-run_like_a_top-en-verb-4~ewsFOq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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    {
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      ]
    },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "text": "I've just tuned my car, and now it's running like a top.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To operate flawlessly and smoothly."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "flawlessly",
          "flawlessly"
        ],
        [
          "smoothly",
          "smoothly"
        ]
      ],
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        "(simile, usually of motorized machinery) To operate flawlessly and smoothly."
      ],
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        "of motorized machinery"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "like clockwork"
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    }
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  "forms": [
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "ran like a top",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "run like a top",
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          "text": "I've just tuned my car, and now it's running like a top.",
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        "To operate flawlessly and smoothly."
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile, usually of motorized machinery) To operate flawlessly and smoothly."
      ],
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        "of motorized machinery"
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        "usually"
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    }
  ],
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