like there were no tomorrow

A form of as if there were no tomorrow — To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.

    All they could think was to run, and run they did like there were no tomorrow.

    2015, Jose Thekkumthala, “The Arrest”, in Amballore House, →ISBN, pages 270–271
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    Already giving out under the heat or the sheer oppression of numbers, they guzzle mineral water like there were no tomorrow.

    1998, David M Thomas, chapter 6, in Anger’s Violin, Dingle, County Kerry: Mount Eagle Publications Ltd., →ISBN, page 114

    I had been anticipating this food for so long that all mind was set on was eating like there were no tomorrow.

    2015, Shanny [pseudonym; Lashandria Smith], “The Day of the shower”, in Friends & Lovers, part 2, Leo Sullivan Presents, →ISBN, page 193
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APA

like there were no tomorrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20there%20were%20no%20tomorrow

MLA

“like there were no tomorrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20there%20were%20no%20tomorrow. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like there were no tomorrow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20there%20were%20no%20tomorrow.

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