like the wind

idiom

: very fast
He grabbed the money and ran like the wind.

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But there is no man with a hammer; the happy man lives at his ease, and trivial daily cares faintly agitate him like the wind in the aspen-tree — and all goes well. Philip Metres july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025 First seen barreling toward the camera at speeds only the most brazen digital effects house could estimate, this mutt runs like the wind and pounces like an anvil with hairy legs and a neat red cape. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025 But liberatory ideas, like the wind, blow everywhere. Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 In a world short of attention, where trends and styles come and go like the wind, there is comfort and appeal in this slowly matured whisky. Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for like the wind

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“Like the wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20the%20wind. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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