on impulse

English

Alternative forms

• on an impulse

Prepositional phrase

on impulse

1. Without prior consideration; spontaneously, impulsively.

   Near-synonym: on a whim

Translations

without prior consideration

• French: sur un coup de tête (fr)
• Irish: as taghd
• Maori: ohia
• Turkish: fevri bir şekilde

Further reading

• “on an impulse”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.