Meaning of like the wind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. quickly, at a high speed.
2. changeably, freely and at liberty.
3. invisibly, mysteriously, unpredictably.

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Examples

“At any rate, in my experience⟳, they could run⟳ like⟳ the wind, but longer and heavier trains slowly but surely became too much for them.”

“Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean⟳ start⟳ from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like⟳ the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off.”

“How she would fly⟳ like⟳ the wind, up that road in front of the house, and away.”

“Even if I don't run⟳ like⟳ the wind I have⟳ my own⟳ bag of tricks.”

“The Spirit Of God is like⟳ the wind. Note⟳ well that his operation is unexpected. The wind bloweth where it listeth, so that thou knowest not what wind to expect⟳.”

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