"like a rat up a drainpipe" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-like a rat up a drainpipe.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like a rat up a drainpipe, {{en-PP}} like a rat up a drainpipe
  1. (simile, colloquial) Very rapidly. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-like_a_rat_up_a_drainpipe-en-prep_phrase-yefdsu9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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