mad rush

Idioms and Phrases

A wild hurry, as in I was in a mad rush to get to the bank on time to cash my check , or Why the mad rush? We have lots of time before the concert starts . The use of in a rush for “being in a hurry” dates from the second half of the 1800s, and mad , for “frenzied,” serves merely as an intensifier.

Example Sentences

Fashion week is fun and all, but the mad rush can be exhausting.

From The Daily Beast

Parents carrying babies stood prudently aside from that first mad rush to the entrance.

From Project Gutenberg

That mad rush came to an abrupt halt, and what the men saw brought a chorus of astonished exclamations from their lips.

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There was much probability in this view, regarding the behaviour of these animals in their mad rush and routing.

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Off to the rear they could hear the sharp reports of the cowboys' revolvers as they sought to stay the mad rush.

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The Chickahominy had swollen to such a height that bridges were carried away in its mad rush.

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