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like greased lightning

ADJECTIVE
fleet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
speedy speedy
STRONG
brisk fast flying quick rapid swift winged
WEAK
agile lively mercurial meteoric nimble nimble-footed
Antonyms
STRONG
heavy-footed lumbering plodding slow sluggish ungainly
WEAK
clumsy
ADVERB
fast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
quick quickly rapidly soon swift swiftly
WEAK
apace chop-chop expeditiously flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurriedly in a flash in haste in nothing flat in short order like a flash like a shot like wildfire posthaste presto promptly pronto
Antonyms
STRONGEST
slowly
WEAK
slow
ADVERB
on the double
Synonyms
WEAK
chop-chop double-time expeditiously fast flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurried hurriedly in a flash in double time in haste in high gear lickety-split like a shot like wildfire promptly pronto quick quickly rapidly snappily speedily swift swiftly

Example Sentences

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I went down it like greased lightning and came out at the bottom of it and once again I was on the floor.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

He always goes like greased lightning when he's on dispatch duty, till he has delivered his message.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson

He'd stop saving the taxpayers of Multiopolis, and take his car, and go like greased lightning for a little sick girl.

From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene

They keep a guarded eye on you and allow you to get within a reasonable distance, but if you go an inch beyond that they are off like greased lightning.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George