snap decision

snap decision

A decision made hastily, recklessly, or without careful consideration. The company enjoyed huge success in the '90s, but a series of snap decisions backfired on them, leading them to the brink of bankruptcy. The officer made the snap decision to take the unresponsive child into his patrol car and rush her to the hospital himself.
See also: decision, snap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • snap judgment
  • not think twice about (something)
  • on impulse
  • take the ball before the bound
  • like a bull at a gate
  • fire from the hip
  • shoot from the hip
  • hip-shooter
  • throw money at something
  • make for
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