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on the spur of the moment

adverb as in extemporaneously

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Judge Lord Armstrong told him: "It was not a spontaneous event which happened on the spur of the moment, it was in effect an execution."

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Written on the spur of the moment, Leave Me Alone quickly became the obvious choice to launch Rapp's second album, Bite Me.

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The judge, Lord Armstrong, told him: "It was not a spontaneous event which happened on the spur of the moment, it was in effect an execution."

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The captain admitted his decision to field first on winning the toss was made on the spur of the moment.

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Stokes admitted his toss decision was made on the spur of the moment, influenced by the clouds that covered Hamilton on Saturday morning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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