run like the wind

run like the wind

To run very fast. Come on, kids, run like the wind out to the car, or else we're going to be late!
See also: like, run, wind
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go, run, etc. like the ˈwind

go, run, etc. very fast: We had to drive like the wind to get there in time. She ran like the wind. OPPOSITE: at a snail’s pace
See also: like, wind
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

like the wind, go/run

Very swiftly. “Swifter than the winds” appears as far back as the Roman poet Virgil’s Aeneid and is echoed by numerous later writers. Another old expression, no longer heard, is on the wings of the wind, which appears twice in the Book of Psalms and was repeated by many later writers.
See also: go, like, run
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • (I've) got to run
  • got to run
  • (one) has to run along
  • have to run along
  • four-bagger
  • run about
  • have (one) on the run
  • have someone on the run
  • run around
  • run over to (someone or something)
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