go like the wind

go like the wind

To move very quickly. Come on, kids, go like the wind out to the car, or else we're going to be late!See also: go, like, wind

go, run, etc. like the ˈwind

go, run, etc. very fast: We had to drive like the wind to get there in time.She ran like the wind. OPPOSITE: at a snail’s paceSee also: like, wind

like the wind, go/run

Very swiftly. “Swifter than the winds” appears as far back as the Roman poet Virgil’s Aeneid and is echoed by numerous later writers. Another old expression, no longer heard, is on the wings of the wind, which appears twice in the Book of Psalms and was repeated by many later writers.See also: go, like, run