on the spur of the moment
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The captain admitted his decision to field first on winning the toss was made on the spur of the moment.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
Maybe on the spur of the moment, you buy it for them.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
“If you send a sporadic message, on the spur of the moment, to patients and get their hopes up, it’s irresponsible no matter how you try to turn it.”
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022
Many years ago, my husband and I decided on the spur of the moment to see a Broadway show.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
The canary cage showed that those aims were made up on the spur of the moment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
