go on a spree
Example Sentences
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How entitled must these athletic directors be that they would go on a spree to the Ritz in this climate?
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2019
Instead, he made a name for himself with The 400 Blows, a title derived from a French slang expression "faire les 400 coups," meaning "to go on a spree."
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Those who enjoy humming the scenery can forget the plot and go on a spree of influence hunting.
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They showed no disposition to go on a spree again and so far as keeping the loads on, behaved very well indeed.
From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis
He was bound he’d go on a spree, and he couldn’t shoot, and the Lord knows what trouble he’d have got into.
From With Hoops of Steel by Smith, Dan