like there was no tomorrow

like there was no tomorrow

Very rapidly and eagerly; without restraint or thought (i.e., as if there wouldn't be another opportunity, so something had to be done as much or as quickly as possible). He must have been starving, because Jonathan started wolfing down his food like there was no tomorrow!

See also: like, no, there, tomorrow

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like there was no tomorrow

mod. as if there would never be another opportunity. She was drinking booze like there was no tomorrow.

See also: like, no, there, tomorrow

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