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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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			on doorstep on duty on earth on easy street on edge on end on everyone's lips on feet on file on fire on foot on good side on good terms on guard on hand on head on head be it on heels on high on high horse on hobbyhorse on hold on honor on horseback on ice on impulse on its feet on its last legs on its merits on knees on land on last legs on loan on location on medication on mind on moral grounds on nerves on no account on no account must on occasion on one hand on order on own account on own hook on own time on pain of on pain of death on paper on par on parole			on hind legs on hind legs on hire on hire on hire on hire On His/Her Majesty's Service on hobbyhorse on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold On Hold Marketing Systems On Hold Messaging Association On Hold Pending Funds on honor on honor on honor on honour on honour On hook On horseback On horseback on ice on ice on ice on ice on impulse on in years On India Government Service on intimate terms on it on its beam ends on its beam ends on its beam ends on its feet on its last legs on its merits on its way on its way on its way on jack on jack on jack on Jack Jones on Jack Jones on Jack Jones On Jacket On Job Training Course On Kerosene on key on knees on knees on knees on knees on land on last legs on last legs

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