like a bat out of hell

Inf. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell. The car pulled away from the curb like a bat out of hell.

See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

very fast Ben yelled at the guy and he took off like a bat out of hell.

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like a bat out of hell

if you go somewhere like a bat out of hell, you go very fast He ran out of the building like a bat out of hell.

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like a bat out of hell

Moving extremely fast, as in She ran down the street like a bat out of hell. This expression presumably alludes to the rapid darting movement of bats and, Charles Earle Funk theorized, their avoidance of such light as might be cast by the fires of hell. [c. 1900] For a synonym, see like greased lightning.

See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

mod. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell.

See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Esteve	-	Catalan
Amor	-	Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
Osborne	['ɔzbən]
Ljudmil	-	Macedonian
Yamila	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Cassarah	kə-SER-ə, KAS-ə-rə	English (Rare)