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like a bull at a gate

if you do something like a bull at a gate, you do it very quickly. Al wants to finish the shelves today so he's going at them like a bull at a gate.

See also: bull, like

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out of the (starting) gate

at or from the very beginning. The Jayhawks scored the first twelve points out of the gate.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of starting gate (= a set of doors that open at the same time to allow horses to begin a race)