: with great force or vigor
knows how to just kind of play things cool—instead of coming on like gangbusters — Dave Brower
also : at a great rate
buying foreign wheat like gangbusters — Christian Science Monitor
— often used as a generalized expression of approval
our defense is playing like gangbusters — Joe Theismann
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like gangbusters
US informal
1 : very well or successfully
The team got off to a slow start, but recently they have been coming on like gangbusters. [=they have been doing very well]
2 : very quickly
The company has been growing like gangbusters.
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Main Entry: ↑gangbusters
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like ˈgangbusters idiom
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We went like gangbusters to get the project done on time.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.