like mad
like mad
With great intensity or speed. These mosquito bites are itching like mad! Now that there's the threat of a snowstorm, shoppers have been buying shovels and salt like mad.
See also: like, mad
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like ˈcrazy/ˈmad
(informal) very fast, hard, etc: running/working like crazySee also: crazy, like, mad
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
like mad
verbSee like crazy
See also: like, mad
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
like mad
Informal1. Wildly; impetuously: drove like mad.
2. To an intense degree or great extent: worked like mad; snowing like mad.
See also: like, mad
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- like crazy
- like crazy/mad
- itch to (do something)
- itch to do
- itch for
- itch for (something)
- do a land-office business
- fly out of the traps
- spew out
- ratchet up