"like there were no tomorrow" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb|head=like there were no tomorrow}} like there were no tomorrow
  1. Alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: as if there were no tomorrow
    Sense id: en-like_there_were_no_tomorrow-en-adv-xf4OIBZV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English subjunctive expressions, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1998, David M Thomas, chapter 6, in Anger’s Violin, Dingle, County Kerry: Mount Eagle Publications Ltd., page 114",
          "text": "Already giving out under the heat or the sheer oppression of numbers, they guzzle mineral water like there were no tomorrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Jose Thekkumthala, “The Arrest”, in Amballore House, pages 270–271",
          "text": "All they could think was to run, and run they did like there were no tomorrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Shanny [pseudonym; Lashandria Smith], “The Day of the shower”, in Friends & Lovers, part 2, Leo Sullivan Presents, page 193",
          "text": "I had been anticipating this food for so long that all mind was set on was eating like there were no tomorrow.",
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