like it's going out of style
English
editEtymology
editA 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡəʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlaɪk ɪts ˈɡoʊɪŋ aʊt əv ˈstaɪl/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪl
- Hyphenation: like it's go‧ing out of style
Prepositional phrase
edit- (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
Alternative forms
edit- 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
Translations
editenthusiastically; to an excessive degree — see enthusiastically
Further reading
edit- “like it's going out of style, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.