Meaning of like mad | Babel Free

Definitions

Like a mad person; in a furious or deranged manner; to a great or excessive degree; with great enthusiasm.

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Examples

“We poked a stick⟳ into the hornets' nest and ran like⟳ mad.”

“They neuer linne to scrape our goodes / till all our wealth be gone. / Which if we chaunce to sée, / excuses then are had: / But so we sée not when ’tis done, / they will denie like⟳ mad / They neuer toke away / one iote but was their owne:”

“The Devils fell upon the Damn’d; and the Damn’d fell upon the Devils, without knowing One from t’other: and all running helter-skelter, to and again, like⟳ Mad; for in fine, it was no other then a general Revolt.”

“There were divers Antick Figures, some with Caps and Bells, one dress’d like⟳ a Punch; several Harlequins, and other ludicrous Forms, that jump’d and ran about like⟳ mad; and seem’d as if they would have⟳ it thought, that all their Wit lay⟳ in their Heels.”

“When Bildad was a chief-mate, to have⟳ his drab-coloured eye intently looking at you, made you feel⟳ completely nervous, till you could clutch something—a hammer⟳ or a marling-spike, and go to work⟳ like⟳ mad, at something or other, never mind⟳ what.”

“All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say⟳, mankind will become⟳ extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear⟳ of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase⟳ in production, to raise⟳ the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like⟳ mad.”

“I’d laughed. He’d laughed. Mine lasted the longest. During it, I thought it was going to change⟳ into a cry⟳. But it didn’t. My eyes blinked like⟳ mad but then it was okay.”

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