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Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Without thinking seriously about the consequences.
Germany’s government said press freedom must not be switched “on and off on a whim” and Downing Street also raised concerns over the suspensions.
2022 December 16, Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason, Alex Hern, “Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms
Translations (11)
fr à l'emporte-pièce (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · pt num repente (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · fi hetken mielijohteesta (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · nl in een opwelling (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · de aus einer Laune heraus (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · fr sur un coup de tête (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · cmn 心血來潮 /心血来潮 (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · pl ot, tak sobie (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · it alla leggera (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · pl dla kaprysu (without thinking seriously about the consequences) · pl z byle powodu (without thinking seriously about the consequences)