a mad rush

mad rush

A wild, frantic hurry to go somewhere or to obtain something. I love watching all the students in a mad rush to get to their classes after the bell. Shoppers across the country are always in a mad rush to pick up products at staggeringly low prices on Black Friday. Let's stop off somewhere for lunch—there's no mad rush to get to the airport.
See also: mad, rush
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a mad rush

COMMON A mad rush is when people try to go somewhere or do something very quickly, in an uncontrolled way. There was a mad rush to avoid being left behind. The bomb landed in the middle of the dance floor causing panic and a mad rush for the doors.
See also: mad, rush
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • in a mad rush
  • mad rush
  • hurry (someone or something) in(to some place)
  • hurry in
  • hurry up and (do something)
  • get a hurry on
  • rush for
  • rush for (someone or something)
  • hurry back to (someone or something)
  • hurry up
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