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Phrase(s): *like the devil [and] *like the dickens; *like hell
Fig. with a fury; in a great hurry; with a lot of activity. (*Typically: fight ~; run ~; scream ~; thrash around ~.) • We were working like the dickens when the rain started and made us quit for the day.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs