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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By their own accounts, hunter-gatherers like the Hadza mostly sleep like a dream.
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Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Growing their family felt like a dream unfolding.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Leather layered over a sheer or black lace bodysuit combines like a dream and is always a winner in the style stakes.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
From toner pads that visibly erase pores to cushion compacts that click shut like a dream, every step in a Korean beauty routine is a small, joyful ritual.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
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Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Growing their family felt like a dream unfolding.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Leather layered over a sheer or black lace bodysuit combines like a dream and is always a winner in the style stakes.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
From toner pads that visibly erase pores to cushion compacts that click shut like a dream, every step in a Korean beauty routine is a small, joyful ritual.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Like a dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20a%20dream. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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