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run like the wind run like the windTo 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, windgo, 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 paceSee also: like, windlike the wind, go/runVery 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 |