be going gangbusters

be going gangbusters

To be happening with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success. Primarily heard in US. Our offense was going gangbusters in the second period—that's how we were able to overwhelm the other team.
See also: gangbuster, going
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

be going gangbusters

AMERICAN, INFORMAL
If something is going gangbusters, it is having a very successful period. Although the company's cable operations are going gangbusters, its finances are still shaky. Their economy has been going gangbusters, with gross domestic product growth of 8 per cent or so most years. Note: You can also say that someone or something does something like gangbusters, meaning very successfully. He has recently published a book of poems, which is selling like gangbusters. Note: A gangbuster is someone, especially a police officer, whose job is to break up criminal gangs.
See also: gangbuster, going
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • gangbuster
  • come on like gangbusters
  • like gangbusters, come on/going
  • like gangbusters
  • go gangbusters
  • get stuck in
  • get stuck into (something)
  • a lease of life
  • a new lease of life
  • boots and all
References in periodicals archive
While SPB may not be going gangbusters, Avaya says components of VENA -- such as switch clustering, "enhanced" Shortest Path Bridging,wirelessnetworking, network access control, and network management- are being picked up by customers.
It may still be going gangbusters in syndication, but veteran comedy "Two and a Haft Men" wilted in the ratings with repeats this summer on CBS.
Overall, things seem to be going gangbusters in our world, so it is an important time to stop and consider what all this growth means and how we sustain it.
Tourism may be going gangbusters, but it isn't the only big "T" on the island, Technology has been establishing itself as an industry to reckon with.