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like there is/was no tomorrow

informal

Definition

If someone does something like there is/was no tomorrow, they do it very fast, in large amounts and without thinking carefully
After his win on the football pools, he began spending money like there was no tomorrow.

(Definition of like there is/was no tomorrow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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