Definitions

like a bat out of hell

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fast adj.
quickly adv.

ADJECTIVE

fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agile brisk hot nimble quick rapid swift

STRONG

accelerated active dashing electric flashing fleet fleeting flying hurried racing ready snap split-second winged

WEAK

PDQ blue streak breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hairtrigger hasty hypersonic in a jiffy in nothing flat lickety split like all get out like crazy like mad on the double posthaste presto pronto screamin' snappy speedball supersonic velocious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy slow

STRONG

dull

WEAK

plodding tardy unhurried

ADVERB

quickly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expeditiously hastily hurriedly immediately instantaneously instantly promptly rapidly speedily swiftly

STRONG

apace chop-chop quick

WEAK

briskly flat-out fleetly full tilt in a flash in haste in nothing flat in short order lickety-split like a flash like a shot pronto swift

Antonyms

STRONGEST

eventually later slowly

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like a bat out of hell

They undoubtedly gave him even greater publicity and notoriety, helping his solo career to skyrocket like a bat out of hell.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

It may not be able to do a burnout, but it still goes like a bat out of hell.

From Fox News ● Feb. 24, 2020

“And I’m still driving like a bat out of hell to get this guy to the hospital to save his life.”

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018

He went like a bat out of hell and never stopped.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2018

Like is a preposition, said the accusers, and may take only a noun phrase object, as in crazy like a fox or like a bat out of hell.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

like a bat out of hell

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