Meaning of in one foul swoop | Babel Free

Definitions

(Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke.

idiomatic, proscribed

Examples

“The acquiescence of the party as the result of hasty and immature deliberation, is indicative of a supreme contempt of comrades, and vitiates in one foul swoop the conditions that regulate the movement.”

“All their suspicions had evaporated in one foul swoop by Neil's announcement, and was now confirmed by a document that if they signed, asked them to become trustees of Neil's charity.”

“I need to get it all out at once, inflicting the damage in one foul swoop before facing the fallout left in my wake.”

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