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The adjective and adverb are a shortening of the phrase like gangbusters.
What went wrong for Ophelia Lovibond? It was all looking gangbusters after a string of entry-level Hollywood roles.2011 September 15, Cath Clarke, “Turnout – review”, in The Guardian:
The adjective and adverb are a shortening of the phrase like gangbusters.
This follows Llewelyn-Bowen on a promotional parade through China, his hopes resting largely on the basis that his British quirkiness will go gangbusters with Shanghai shoppers.2015 July 13, “Monday’s best TV”, in The Guardian:
to go gangbusters
Clearly this is a moment tailor-made for the front crawl, but I can't do front crawl so instead I opt to skull, the swan-like grace of my upper body belying the fact that under the water my legs are going absolutely gangbusters.2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 46:
The position that we should go gangbusters and use it to make anything we want — up to and including doomsday weapons — that’s obviously just as crazy. We’re trying to seek the middle ground, to do things responsibly.2024 December 5, Madhumita Murgia, quoting Dario Amodei, “Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI”, in Financial Times:
The latter, a niche series of British gangster movies, isn’t exactly a critical darling, but has a rabid fanbase, with each title doing gangbusters for Signature in home entertainment and streaming.2022 February 4, Manori Ravindran, “Signature Entertainment Brings West Ham United Owner David Sullivan Back Into the Fold, Expands Production Might”, in Variety:
I doubt very much that the US will deploy much that would have been prohibited by the treaty. Russia, though, will go gangbusters.2018 October 21, Jeffrey Lewis, quotee, “Trump says US will withdraw from nuclear arms treaty with Russia”, in The Guardian:
The adjective and adverb are a shortening of the phrase like gangbusters.