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Definition of autopilot noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

autopilot

noun

(also automatic pilot)

a device in an aircraft or a ship that keeps it on a fixed course without the need for a person to control it

Idioms

(be) on autopilot

to do something without thinking because you have done the same thing many times before I got up and got dressed on autopilot.

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