From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlike blazeslike blazesold-fashioned spokenLOT/VERY MUCH as fast, as much, or as strongly as possible
We had to run like blazes. βblazeExamples from the Corpuslike blazesβ’ You could lean into the wind and it was raininglike blazes.β’ We're going to have to work like blazes to win this time!
