like a man possessed

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like a man/woman possessed

if you do something like a man possessed, you do it with a lot of energy in a way that is not controlled He'd lost the tickets and was running round the house like a man possessed.

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Bertuccio," said the count, "I am very glad to tell you, that while you gesticulate, you wring your hands and roll your eyes like a man possessed by a devil who will not leave him; and I have always observed, that the devil most obstinate to be expelled is a secret. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

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