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Princeton's WordNet

  1. on the spur of the moment, suddenlyadverb

    on impulse; without premeditation

    "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"

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  1. on the spur of the momentadverb

    On very short notice; spontaneously.

Wikipedia

  1. On the Spur of the Moment

    On the Spur of the Moment is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961.

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  1. on the spur of the moment

    "On the spur of the moment" is an idiom that refers to actions done impulsively, without prior planning or thought. It is often used to describe decisions made spontaneously based on current circumstances or emotions.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the spur of the moment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the spur of the moment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of on the spur of the moment in a Sentence

  1. Rita Ora:

    It was a spur of the moment decision made with the misguided view that we were coming out of lockdown and this would be OK, i’m deeply sorry for breaking the rules and in turn understand that this puts people at risk. This was a serious and inexcusable error of judgment. Given the restrictions, I realise how irresponsible these actions were and I take full responsibility.

  2. Christopher Velasquez:

    It did not happen on the spur of the moment.

  3. Jennifer Lopez:

    It was very, very minimally planned in advance and was largely spur of the moment. Violet stayed home because Jennifer Lopez’s extremely loyal to Jennifer Lopez mom.

  4. Billy Horschel:

    Unfortunately there was a fan who said something on the tee, and spur of the moment I said something, a word in the middle there, that I wish I wouldn't have said, i apologize to the fans.

  5. George Steinbrenner:

    It’s a very justified question to ever ask and to always ask, because he was one of the greatest at what he did, and all I can do is do my best, be my own person, make the decisions in the way that I've always made decisions, which is putting in as much thought into a decision as possible, taking the time if I have the time to do just that. There's no doubt I'm going to live a little bit less spur of the moment than he was in a lot of ways.


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  • [[sehr]] [[kurzfristig]]German

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