gangbusters
- adverb
- /ˈɡæŋˌbʌstərz/
- Informal
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con gran éxito
- A quiet place came out also this past weekend and did gangbusters, you know, broke all kind of lockdown movie records.
Every show that they've put on has been gangbusters.
- Every show that they've put on has been gangbusters.
- Hey, you got free money and they just, I'm going gangbusters.
- It might be incredibly hot in the room, all sorts of things, and they are just gangbusters for that really uncomfortable room with lots of food.
- And so it became my goal to become the honor man of that Ranger School class and, and came into it that next time around, man, just gangbusters.
Examples
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I don't have the money that's available to just go gangbusters and grow big or go home, and it can cost a fair amount of money.
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The sales for the new smartphone launched gangbusters, exceeding all projections.
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So it is, it is gangbusters right now.
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And it takes off like gangbusters in the early modern period.
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So you don't seem worried about like a fast take off where AI just goes gangbusters has its own desires.
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I came up with the sorting algorithm that's actually going gangbusters and this bucket is half of what it was an hour an hour ago.
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It might be incredibly hot in the room, all sorts of things, and they are just gangbusters for that really uncomfortable room with lots of food.
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The team's marketing campaign took off gangbusters, generating a lot of buzz online.
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After the surprising announcement, the stock prices soared gangbusters, reflecting investor enthusiasm.
Synonyms
6
8.1
Very quickly and with great success
Idioms
How Energetic
2
3.7
- Informal
76
3.4
8
3.0
129
2.1
110
1.0
517
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gangbusters comes from a loud 1930s radio show called 'Gang Busters' that opened with sirens and gunfire and felt very powerful. The title used buster from bust, meaning 'to break' or 'to arrest' criminals, so when something goes gangbusters it happens with strong energy and big success.