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of the moment
Idioms and Phrases
Of importance at this time, as in The issue of the moment is dealing with our budget deficit . This expression gave rise in succeeding decades to the man of the moment , meaning “the most important person at this time,” as in When Alan hit a home run and broke the tie, he was the man of the moment . [c. 1930]Example Sentences
Did you plan on this or is this a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing?
At a time of crisis, Kim Jong Un has apparently decided to make China the enemy-of-the-moment.
Have you ever done the impulse Vegas trip before, a spur-of-the-moment “screw this!”
You know, I do so little spur-of-the-moment stuff these days.
There's nothing more of-the-moment than young white people who are downwardly mobile and loving it.
It means the thing-of-the-moment-which-is-of-prime-interest.
And, as a Free Trader, spur-of-the-moment action was a necessary way of life.
For small spur-of-the-moment notes to one's intimes who're not too far off, there's quite a little feeling for using slates.
We must give these good people as much time as possible, considering it's a spur-of-the-moment affair.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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