like crazy

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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

Not only are Koreans trading like crazy, but they appear, to the consternation of some analysts, to be trading like crazy on borrowed money.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 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

He arrived early with, he says, "nerves going like crazy".

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

One of the Bay Area’s hottest startups is hiring like crazy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

Then you’re done, you miss it like crazy, and you go back for more.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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