Green’s Dictionary of Slang

intensely, very much.

1977		P. Hamill Flesh and Blood (1978) 57: They’re cheering like a fuck for Negron.
1988		R. Doyle Commitments 95: Cheer when the curtain opens, righ’. – An’ clap like fuck.
1992		P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 38: Then I ran like fuck.
1998		P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto 70: I ran like fuck away out of there.
2004		T. Winton ‘Defender’ in Turning (2005) 316: I’m sure it hurts like fuck.
2012		J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) 94: He fancies Shortie like fuck.
2020		G. Armstrong Young Team 34: [I] start runnin like fuck.