like a bat out of hell
At breakneck speed
Like a bat out of hell means with extreme speed and urgency, usually suggesting a frantic or reckless departure: She drove like a bat out of hell to get to the hospital.
The image is of something fleeing desperately, as if escaping damnation itself.
- out of controlUnable to be restrained
- hell for leatherAt reckless top speed
- full throttleMaximum engine power
- hasteExcessive quickness
- velocityDirected rate of motion
sprint · devil-may-care · no holds barred · pedal to the metal · floor it · burning rubber · breakneck speed · race · hit the ground running · gallop · frenzy · whiz · dash · dart · zoom · like the wind · immediacy · bolt
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split
like a bat out of hellat a snail's pace
slow · slowly · slow as molasses · glacially · sluggishly
like a bat out of helltaking one's time
casually · nonchalantly · unhurriedly · calmly · deliberately
like a bat out of hellcasually
In an informal way
nonchalantly · easy does it · nice and easy · relaxed · calmly
likeness, likeable, unlikely, likewise, batted, batting, batter, outermost, hellish