on automatic
on automatic
(Functioning) automatically, without thinking about one's actions, generally because one has done something many times in the past. By the second week of data entry, I could fill in the spreadsheets on automatic. Making bottles, changing diapers, and putting the baby to sleep were all challenging at first, but now I feel like I'm doing it all on automatic. Sometimes I arrive at work without remembering how I got there, like I was on automatic the whole time.
See also: automatic, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on automatic
Functioning by or as if by automatic machine or device.
See also: automatic, on
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- better (to be) safe than sorry
- better safe than sorry
- (one's) day in court
- be remembered as (something)
- be remembered as/for something
- be replaced by (someone or something)
- be replaced with (someone or something)
- be on (one's) pat
- about (one's) business
- about business