"like mushrooms" meaning in English

See like mushrooms in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like mushrooms, {{en-PP}} like mushrooms
  1. (simile) Very quickly and in great quantity. Derived forms: spring up like mushrooms
    Sense id: en-like_mushrooms-en-prep_phrase-Wsk~WZ7r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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