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

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

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

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Benn McGrady, head of the WHO's public health law and policies unit, said the tobacco industry was "lobbying like crazy" and "trying to sow division".

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

As I was walking back to my own chariot, 1 noticed how many more pigeons were in the trees now—screeching like crazy, making the whole forest rustle.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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