like a raped ape

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like a raped ape

  1. (simile, vulgar) With great rapidity.
    • 1978, Chuck Adams, The Complete Book of Bowhunting, page 213:
      I'd like to report that this was his last mistake, but the quick little devil dodged my arrow and took off like a raped ape.
    • 1983, Cycle World, volume 22:
      The nurses' aide takes off like a raped ape and Fairingnose winks at me.
    • 2005, Chuck E. Sanders, The Making of a Minister, page 59:
      This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against.