like crazy

like crazy
like crazy & like mad
Fig. furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively. •

People are coming in here like crazy. There isn't enough room for them all.

We sold ice cream like crazy. It was a very hot day.

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See: LIKE MAD.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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