like the devil

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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 thunder

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

References in periodicals archive ?

Spurred on by a US $10,000 bet with a friend, Hotz forges press credentials, confronts the RCMP and, dressed like the devil, wades into a sea of one million pilgrims, all in an effort to kiss the papal ring.

Whistler Film Festival (12/2-5/04)

Clearly, the subject knows the publicity value that documentary like The Devil You Know offers.