like a person possessed

like a person possessed

With such fierce intensity, energy, or enthusiasm that it seems to be out of someone's control. After a punishing first round, the underdog boxer has come out fighting in the second round like a person possessed. Knowing that his in-laws would be arriving soon, Mike started cleaning the house like a person possessed.
See also: like, person, possessed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cover
  • grab (someone or something) by the throat
  • grab someone by the throat
  • grab someone/something by the throat
  • get someone's dander up, to
  • help (someone) along
  • help along
  • die on
  • die on (someone or something)
  • die on someone