like it's going out of style

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Etymology

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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.

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like it's going out of style

  1. (simile, informal) Of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
    Synonyms: as if there were no tomorrow, like crazy, like it's going out of fashion, like nobody's business, like water
    Jason has been drinking like it’s going out of style.
    to spend money like it’s going out of style

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