LIKE GANGBUSTERS Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

like gangbusters

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Definition of like gangbusters

as in hard

in a vigorous and forceful manner They worked like gangbusters and came out ahead of their competitors.

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as in soon

with great speed The show's ratings went up like gangbusters.

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Recent Examples of like gangbusters The film played like gangbusters and sparked an overnight bidding war, ultimately selling for $14 million to Focus Features. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 PeopleSoft grew like gangbusters, went public in 1992, and reached new heights as all of enterprise technology shifted away from the mainframe and toward personal computers networked to a common server. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 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

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