automatic pilot
noun/ˌɔːtəmætɪk ˈpaɪlət/
/ˌɔːtəmætɪk ˈpaɪlət/
(also autopilot)
[countable, uncountable]Idioms - a device in an aircraft or a ship that keeps it on a fixed course without the need for a person to control it
- The aircraft was set on automatic pilot.
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See automatic pilot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe on automatic pilot
- to do something without thinking because you have done the same thing many times before
- I got up and dressed on automatic pilot.
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