Daily life
like mad
with extreme speed or effort
If you do something like mad, you do it with extremely high speed, effort, or intensity.
Hear it in real life
Why are you out of breath?
I was cycling like mad to get here on time.
I was running like mad, but I still missed the train.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I ran ‸ mad to catch the bus.
Say: I ran like mad to catch the bus.
Keep "like" in the fixed phrase "like mad" after the action verb.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
run like mad; work like mad; search like mad
Your turn: say it out loud
I was running like mad, but I still missed the train.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
like mad
with extreme speed or effort
“I was running like mad, but I still missed the train.”
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