like crazy

Idioms  

1. 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.

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like crazy

"If you want to win, you've got to run like crazy, lean backwards and stay on your feet," he advises.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Some artists stream like crazy and can’t sell, others stream low numbers but super-serve a touring audience and have fans that want to come back over and over.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

See: Stocks are swinging like crazy while the S&P 500 goes nowhere in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

So, we will live to 120 and spend like crazy.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

I’d missed her like crazy and hoped she’d been missing me, too.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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