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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a spur of" is an accepted and commonly used idiom in written English.
It typically means "a sudden and unexpected burst of": She got a spur of energy and decided to clean the whole house in one afternoon.
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"This was not a spur of the moment event.
At a spur of the moment, a mistake happened.
"Theirs is a Spur of the moment money-making bid".
A spur of the canal will provide an even greater proportion of Tianjin's.
"It was a spur of the moment thing but very enjoyable.
The province is divided by the Noryŏng Mountains, a spur of the T'aebaek Mountains.
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"It's a spur-of-the-moment thing".
"It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing," he said.
Was it a spur-of-the-moment decision?
This was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Well, that was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.
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