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like the devil
Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | like the devil - with great speed or effort or intensity; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"like crazy, like hell, like mad, like sin, like thundercolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
like the devil
like the devilAn intensifier used when one puts forth great effort to do something. I'm planning to fight like the devil against this illness, so I'm researching both Western and Eastern methods of treatment. We've been working like the devil to get the update finished before the Christmas break.See also: devil, like*like the devil and *like the dickens; *like hellFig. with a fury; in a great hurry; with a lot of activity. (*Typically: fight ~; run ~; scream ~; thrash around~.) We were working like the dickens when the rain started and made us quit for the day.See also: devil, likelike the devil (or a demon) with great speed or energy.See also: devil, likelike the ˈdevil (old-fashioned, informal) very fast, hard, etc: We had to work like the devil to be finished on time. ♢ I ran like the devil, but I still missed the bus.See also: devil, likelike the devil
Synonyms for like the deviladv with great speed or effort or intensitySynonyms- like crazy
- like hell
- like mad
- like sin
- like thunder
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