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like crazy

like crazy prepositional phrase: to a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial, simile) To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.
    • She stayed late, working like crazy to get the project done before the deadline.
    Synonyms:
    like mad

Synonyms of like crazy

Questions about like crazy

What does like crazy mean?
Like crazy means to a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.
What part of speech is like crazy?
Like crazy is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like crazy in the dictionary

  1. like candy
  2. like cats and dogs
  3. like cheese at fourpence
  4. like clockwork
  5. like crack
  6. like crazy
  7. like death warmed over
  8. like death warmed up
  9. like falling off a log
  10. like farm
  11. like farmed

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