go like a dream

English

Alternative forms

• work like a dream

Pronunciation

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Verb

go like a dream (third-person singular simple present goes like a dream, present participle going like a dream, simple past went like a dream, past participle gone like a dream)

1. (simile) to go extremely well.

Translations

go very well

Dutch: lopen als een trein Finnish: mennä kuin unelma Icelandic: ganga eins og í sögu (is) Italian: andare alla grande Norwegian: Bokmål: gå som en drøm (no)

See also

• work like a charm

References

• “work go like a dream”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “go like a dream”, in Collins English Dictionary.