From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlike lightninglike lightningFAST/QUICKextremely quickly Mitch moved like lightning and caught the little girl before she fell. → lightning
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like lightning• Somewhere a dog barked and, like lightning, the cat darted into some bushes.• Her foot slipped on the smooth tiles but Mitch moved like lightning and caught her before she fell.• The cat ran up the tree like lightning. 