like the devil

adverb

with great speed or effort or intensity (Freq. 4)

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drove like crazy

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worked like hell to get the job done

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ran like sin for the storm cellar

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work like thunder

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fought like the devil

• Syn: ↑like hell, ↑like mad, ↑like crazy, ↑like sin, ↑like thunder

• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

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like the devil

Very hard or fast

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Main Entry: ↑devil

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with great speed or energy

he drove like the devil

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like the devil

informal

1 : very much

I'm sorry to hear about your injury. It must hurt like the devil.

2 : with a lot of energy and speed

He ran like the devil. [=he ran very fast]

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Main Entry: ↑devil

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like the ˈdevil idiom

(old-fashioned, informal) very hard, fast, etc

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We ran like the devil.

Main entry: ↑devil_idiom