"like crazy" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-like crazy.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like crazy, {{en-PP}} like crazy
  1. (simile, colloquial) To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: like mad Related terms: as if there were no tomorrow, like a house on fire, like billy-o, like it's going out of style, like nobody's business Translations (to an excessive degree): comme un fou (French), comme un malade (French), feito doido (Portuguese), a lo bestia (Spanish), som bara den (Swedish), tok- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-like_crazy-en-prep_phrase-UJeUp0i9 Categories (other): English similes

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      "sense": "to an excessive degree",
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