Definitions

like a bat out of hell

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

Example Sentences

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My wife shot out of the corner like a bat out of hell and leapt from her truck.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2022

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

"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 Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

Everybody knew: That Trevor child would come through like a bat out of hell, and his mom would be right there behind him.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

like a bat out of hell

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