like gangbusters

phrase

: with great or excessive force or aggressiveness

came on like gangbusters

also : with great speed or success

was selling like gangbusters

Examples of like gangbusters in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Second-half struggles The Hurricanes come out like gangbusters on offense in the first half, scoring on five of their first six drives. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for like gangbusters

• adjusters
• balusters
• combustors
• busters
• clusters
• dusters
• musters
• thrusters
• filibusters