Swoop
61in\ one\ fell\ swoop — • in one fell swoop • at one fell swoop adv. phr. 1. literary In one attack or accident; in one bad blow. The millionaire lost his money and his friends at one fell swoop. 2. At one time; at the same time. Three cars drove into the driveway, and… …
62in one fell swoop — or[at one fell swoop] {adv. phr.} 1. {literary} In one attack or accident; in one bad blow. * /The millionaire lost his money and his friends at one fell swoop./ 2. At one time; at the same time. * /Three cars drove into the driveway, and Mrs.… …
63in one fell swoop — or[at one fell swoop] {adv. phr.} 1. {literary} In one attack or accident; in one bad blow. * /The millionaire lost his money and his friends at one fell swoop./ 2. At one time; at the same time. * /Three cars drove into the driveway, and Mrs.… …
64The Swoop! and Other Stories — is a collection of early short stories and a novella by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on April 11 1979 by Seabury, New York, four years after Wodehouse s death. The collection was edited and introduced by Wodehouse s… …
65one fell swoop — If something is done at one fell swoop, it is done in a single period of activity, usually swiftly and ruthlessly. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If something is accomplished at (or in) one fell swoop, it is done in a single action,… …
66at one fell swoop — Ⅰ. ► at (or in) one fell swoop see FELL(Cf. ↑feller). Main Entry: ↑swoop Ⅱ. ► in (or at) one fell swoop all in one go. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare s Macbeth (IV. iii. 219).] …
67in one fell swoop — Ⅰ. ► at (or in) one fell swoop see FELL(Cf. ↑feller). Main Entry: ↑swoop Ⅱ. ► in (or at) one fell swoop all in one go. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare s Macbeth (IV. iii. 219).] …
68at one fell swoop — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Macbeth. MACDUFF: [on hearing that his family and servants have all been killed] He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell… …
69at one fell swoop — if you do something at one fell swoop, you do everything you have to do at the same time. I d prefer to do the paperwork in one fell swoop. At least then we know it s finished with …
70in one fell swoop — if you do something at one fell swoop, you do everything you have to do at the same time. I d prefer to do the paperwork in one fell swoop. At least then we know it s finished with …
