go like the wind
Example Sentences
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As soon as the fun begins, off you go like the wind into this bog-hole in front of you, and in five minutes you'll be out of danger.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
He tooted it raucously, and then continued: "They say some of 'em can go like the wind."
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
A year or so ago she used to go like the wind.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
Then it was that he would go like the wind, through utter darkness, through storm and flood and over an icy earth, without a pause or a misstep.
From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston
He seemed to come and go like the wind, without asking why or whither.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)