as, if, when, etc. the spirit moves sb
taking action only when you feel is the right time, not following a plan:
It's impossible to predict what he'll do - he just acts when the spirit moves him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not expected or planned
- ad hoc
- ad hocism
- ad hockery
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- adventitious
- against (all) the odds/against all odds idiom
- explosive
- it's just one of those things idiom
- just like that idiom
- make sth up as you go along idiom
- muddle
- muddle along
- rude
- spur
- unawares
- undreamed of
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unintended
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