like (greased) lightning
idiom
informal
: very quickly
The news traveled across the country like lightning.
moving like greased lightning
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Sly's were sudden, jarring, like lightning cracking through cloud cover.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
It was coined in the mid-19th century by German chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein, who noticed the distinctive sharp smell produced by electrical discharges (like lightning).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The zigzag outlines of his pendant lights, for instance, exert a kind of magnetic force like lightning.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The almendro trees found in Panama’s forests can get a boost from this electrical jolt and have perhaps even evolved to act like lightning rods, according to a new study published last week in the journal New Phytologist.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
It was coined in the mid-19th century by German chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein, who noticed the distinctive sharp smell produced by electrical discharges (like lightning).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The zigzag outlines of his pendant lights, for instance, exert a kind of magnetic force like lightning.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The almendro trees found in Panama’s forests can get a boost from this electrical jolt and have perhaps even evolved to act like lightning rods, according to a new study published last week in the journal New Phytologist.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Like (greased) lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20%28greased%29%20lightning. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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