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[ adverb ] (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity

Examples

"drove like crazy" "worked like hell to get the job done" "ran like sin for the storm cellar" "work like thunder" "fought like the devil"

Used in print

(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)

I swam like_mad , got_out of the pool , grabbed my robe , and ran to the car .

Related terms

colloquialism

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