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as if there's no tomorrow

as if there's no tomorrow is the alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.

Meaning of as if there were no tomorrow

Adverb

as if there were no tomorrow

  1. (idiomatic) To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
    • Starting with the Pranksters, who were the first to take LSD out of the war labs and hospitals, hippies were mixing drugs as if there were no tomorrow.1999, Carol Brightman, Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, →ISBN, page 106

Questions about as if there's no tomorrow

What is as if there's no tomorrow the alternative form of?
As if there's no tomorrow is the alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.

Words near as if there's no tomorrow in the dictionary

  1. as if one's life depends on it
  2. as if someone owns the place
  3. as if there is no tomorrow
  4. as if there was no tomorrow
  5. as if there were no tomorrow
  6. as if there's no tomorrow
  7. as in
  8. as is
  9. as it gets
  10. as it goes
  11. as it happens

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