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Meaning of one swell foop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Spoonerism of one fell swoop.

Examples

“Only one meal a week is required, thus doing away, at one swell foop, with cooks, scullions, stewards, butlers, waiters and other tip-extractors.”

“You have ⟳ to pull ⟳ it in, in one swell foop!.”

“If I can’t quite see ⟳ how to do it all in one swell foop, I fall ⟳ back on the principles of lazy programming: [...]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

one that goes the other way one thing after another one thing or another one thousand and one one throat to choke one to talk

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