Money & finance
on impulse
without careful thought
If you do something on impulse, you decide to do it suddenly without thinking carefully first.
Hear it in real life
Do you really need another pair of shoes?
Not really. I bought them on impulse.
I ordered the expensive dessert on impulse and regretted it when the bill arrived.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I bought it by impulse.
Say: I bought it on impulse.
The fixed preposition is "on," not "by."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
buy something on impulse; act on impulse
Your turn: say it out loud
I ordered the expensive dessert on impulse and regretted it when the bill arrived.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
on impulse
without careful thought
“I ordered the expensive dessert on impulse and regretted it when the bill arrived.”
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