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like crazy
Idioms and Phrases
Also, like mad ; like nobody's business . With exceeding enthusiasm or speed, without restraint. For example, We shopped like crazy and bought all our furniture in one day , or Once he's out of the town limits he drives like mad , or The choir sang the Hallelujah Chorus like nobody's business . The first terms employ crazy and mad in the sense of “lunatic†as a hyperbole for lack of restraint; the third implies that no business could be conducted in such an extraordinary fashion. The first and third date from the 1920s, the second from the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
“People are just rushing in here like crazy,†sales consultant Carlos Rodriguez said, a trend that began the day after Trump announced the autos tariff on March 26.
His diagnosis came after he caught an upper respiratory infection and his lymph nodes swelled like crazy.
"There was an electric buzz among everyone and eventually the royals came out and waved, and we cheered like crazy waving whatever we had on us," Ruth says.
"It's going to sell like crazy. It's a bargain."
“These guys are going to make a mint, running like crazy to keep up,†Thornberg said.
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