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

"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

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

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 • Jan. 21, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

By the time I shut the front door, all I hear is that sewing machine going like crazy.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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