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

From BBC

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

From Salon

And then when we put him on the lead — sometimes it’s a struggle to get them to move — he took to it like a bat out of hell.”

From Seattle Times

“I drove like a bat out of hell,” he said.

From Seattle Times

“He ran like a bat out of hell,” The Boston Globe reported at the time.

From Seattle Times