spree
noun/spriː/
/spriː/
- a short period of time that you spend doing one particular activity that you enjoy, but often too much of it
- a shopping/spending spree
- He's out on a spree.
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingc2- She's out on a mad spending spree.
- a massive buying spree
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- massive
- buying
- shopping
- …
- go on
- on a spree
- (used especially in newspapers) a period of activity, especially criminal activity
- to go on a killing spree
Extra Examples- Hungry mobs went on a looting spree in the city.
- Vandals went on a £10 000 wrecking spree.
- Uruguay's scoring spree began in the fourth minute.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- massive
- buying
- shopping
- …
- go on
- on a spree
Word Originlate 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
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