like a dream
idiom
: very pleasingly or well
The new car drives like a dream.
My new computer works like a dream.
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The layered beat builds like a dream, swirling burbling synth melodies, breathy intonations, and pulsing rhythms into synchrony.
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Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
My top-floor sky suite with an ocean view felt like a dream.
—Linda Konde, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said the moment felt like a dream.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024
What sounds initially like a dream job soon becomes unsettling: the young women are cut off from the outside world and under constant surveillance.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
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Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
My top-floor sky suite with an ocean view felt like a dream.
—Linda Konde, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said the moment felt like a dream.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024
What sounds initially like a dream job soon becomes unsettling: the young women are cut off from the outside world and under constant surveillance.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Like a dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20a%20dream. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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