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Idioms and Phrases

Energetically, forcefully, loudly. For example, This is a soft passage鈥攖he horns shouldn't come in like gangbusters . This expression alludes to a popular radio series entitled Gangbusters , which featured explosive sound effects, such as gunfire and sirens, at the beginning of each episode. [ Slang ; late 1930s]
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This went over like gangbusters at its premiere, even as Utah lawmakers spent that week passing anti-trans legislation.

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Stewart Goodyear took off like gangbusters in the Mendelssohn piano concerto 鈥 fast, efficient, driving 鈥 and put aside elegance for hair-raising thrills.

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鈥淏y shutting up,鈥 said Ken, who thinks ElliQ comes on 鈥渓ike gangbusters鈥 and can be a nag.

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That trick still works like gangbusters, and 鈥淭he Red Door鈥 features several sequences that are 鈥渨atch through your fingers while slumped down in your seat鈥-level scary.

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鈥淥bama comes in like gangbusters.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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