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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

TO MAKE SPUR

Hello,
I don't understand very well the sense on this sentence:
'On the record, I had TO MAKE SPUR of the moment decisions which might not have had anything to do with the real situation. That was all right, though.'
Could someone explain it to me?
Thanks in advance, Jo.
  

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Hi, 'Spur of the moment' is an idiom meaning 'now, quickly, without time to think' . That's what kind of decisions 'I' had to make. A somewhat similar idiom is 'off the cuff'.

  • Hi, 'Spur of the moment' is an idiom meaning 'now, quickly, without time to think' .
  • That's what kind of decisions 'I' had to make.
  • A somewhat similar idiom is 'off the cuff'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

'Spur of the moment' is an idiom meaning 'now, quickly, without time to think'. That's what kind of decisions 'I' had to make.

A somewhat similar idiom is 'off the cuff'.

Best wishes, Clive
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I think this should be hyphenated:

spur-of-the-moment decisions

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