Meanings
alternative as if it had been going out of style · alternative as if it is going out of style · alternative as if it's going out of style · alternative as if it was going out of style · alternative as if it were going out of style · alternative like it is going out of style · alternative like it were going out of style
- informalsimileOf engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
to spend money like it’s going out of style
1 more example
Jason has been drinking like it’s going out of style.
Synonyms: as if there were no tomorrow, like crazy, like it's going out of fashion, like nobody's business, like water
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseOf engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
Origin
A reference to someone engaging in an activity intensely, as if afraid that it will become unavailable or unpopular before they can get the most out of it.
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Rhymes with like it's going out of style
Cite this entry
like it's going out of style. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20it's%20going%20out%20of%20style
“like it's going out of style.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20it's%20going%20out%20of%20style. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like it's going out of style,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20it's%20going%20out%20of%20style.
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