# spur of the moment

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/spur-of-the-moment
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.

## Examples

- We decided to leave on the spur of the moment.
- She bought the dress on the spur of the moment and later wondered if she should have waited.
- On the spur of the moment, he abandoned his carefully planned itinerary and boarded a train to the coast, chasing a memory he could not name.

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