Meaning of one fell swoop | Babel Free
Equivalents
Català
de cop i volta
Español
de repente
Italiano
in un colpo solo
Polski
za jednym zamachem
Русский
одни́м ма́хом
Türkçe
bir kalemde
Examples
“Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop.”
“...they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice⟳, your money or your life, leaving you there to point⟳ a moral, gagged and garrotted.”
“There can be few examples in the history of railways of a reduction of sixteen hours in the running time of one train⟳, at one fell swoop, but this has been achieved by the Canadian Pacific Railway with its transcontinental train⟳ service, an advance without any parallel in the record⟳ of Canada's railways, and the first major timetable change⟳ of any sort⟳ for several decades.”
“Remember⟳ that these trains will serve⟳ Aintree on race⟳ days and both Anfield and Goodison Park⟳ (and soon Everton FC's new stadium), so there will be times when they are packed to the gunwales with passengers - albeit, disgorging their footfall at one station in one fell swoop.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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