on impulse

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on impulse

after having had an impulse or sudden thought. On impulse, Bob decided to buy a car. I didn't need a cellular telephone. I just bought it on impulse.

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? References in classic literature
But he did not reason it, did not reason at all; he acted on impulse. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context I am always involving myself in some scrape or other, by acting on impulse. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context The more I have to do with the law, the more it seems to hit me that a lawyer oughtn't to act on impulse. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context More results

? References in classic literature

But he did not reason it, did not reason at all; he acted on impulse.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

I am always involving myself in some scrape or other, by acting on impulse.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

The more I have to do with the law, the more it seems to hit me that a lawyer oughtn't to act on impulse.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

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