"like it's going out of style" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

IPA: /ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡəʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡoʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-like it's going out of style.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=like it's going out of style}} like it's going out of style, {{en-PP|head=like it's going out of style}} like it's going out of style
  1. (simile, informal) Of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-like_it's_going_out_of_style-en-prep_phrase-FXauvRxq Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English similes, English subordinate clauses, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Synonyms: as if there were no tomorrow, like crazy, like it's going out of fashion, like nobody's business, like water, as if it had been going out of style, as if it is going out of style, as if it's going out of style, as if it was going out of style, as if it were going out of style, like it is going out of style, like it were going out of style

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