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like a demon

like a demon prepositional phrase: in a very forceful, fierce, frenzied or skilful way.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In a very forceful, fierce, frenzied or skilful way.
    • He drove like a demon.
    • Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army...2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43

Questions about like a demon

What does like a demon mean?
Like a demon means in a very forceful, fierce, frenzied or skilful way.
What part of speech is like a demon?
Like a demon is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a demon in the dictionary

  1. like a chicken with its head off
  2. like a chicken with no head
  3. like a chicken with the pip
  4. like a cow on a flat rock
  5. like a cow pissing on a flat rock
  6. like a demon
  7. like a dog after a bone
  8. like a dog in heat
  9. like a dog on heat
  10. like a dog with a bone
  11. like a dog with two dicks

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