on the spur of the moment

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on the spur of the moment - on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"

suddenly

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He had never seen the thing done with any dog, yet he devised, on the spur of the moment, the invention of tying Jerry with a stick.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

But to do it on the spur of the moment like this was beyond him.

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It was not an easy matter, on the spur of the moment, to raise ten millions in paper currency, and there were vexatious delays.

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