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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Example Sentences

Until then, Friedman said, their “only focus” is on delivering the best possible product to the fans who pack Dodger Stadium every night and shop the team store like crazy.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

At the Home Office, he said he found "a total bin fire" but "worked like crazy to try and fix that".

From BBC

“This thing is about to take off like crazy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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