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Meaning of "one fell swoop" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONE FELL SWOOP

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONE FELL SWOOP

one
one and all
one and only
one another
one by one
one false move and
one foot in the grave
one for his nob
one for the road
one o´clock
one of these days
one on one
one or two
one size fits all
One Thousand Guineas
one to one
one way and another
one with another
one-act play
one-acter

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONE FELL SWOOP

air scoop
coop
droop
fly the coop
gloop
goop
ground loop
hoop
Hula Hoop
loop
poop
scoop
sloop
snoop
stoop
swoop
troop
whoop
Woop Woop
yoop

Synonyms and antonyms of one fell swoop in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «one fell swoop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONE FELL SWOOP

Find out the translation of one fell swoop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of one fell swoop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «one fell swoop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一举
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de un solo golpe
570 millions of speakers

English

one fell swoop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक चैन की नींद सो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضربة واحدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одним махом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uma só penada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক খুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

d´un seul coup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satu kejatuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einen Schlag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一挙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siji tiba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một ngã swoop
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு மயக்கம் விழுந்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक पडणे पडले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek hamlede
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

un colpo solo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

za jednym zamachem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одним махом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

o singură lovitură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονομιάς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n klap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ett svep
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ett slag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of one fell swoop

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE FELL SWOOP»

The term «one fell swoop» is regularly used and occupies the 104.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE FELL SWOOP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about one fell swoop

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE FELL SWOOP»

Discover the use of one fell swoop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to one fell swoop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One Fell Swoop: A Novel in Stories
As the novel progresses, the narrative spirals inward until the stories of those most intimately involved are ultimately revealed.
Virginia Boyd, 2007
2
New Studies in Deontic Logic: Norms, Actions, and the ...
THE PARADOXES OF DEONTIC LOGIC: THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION TO ALL OF THEM IN ONE FELL SWOOP A main cause of philosophical illness - one-sided diet: one nourishes one's thinking with only one kind of example [often a ...
Risto Hilpinen, 1981
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Macbeth
O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam 220 At one fell swoop? malcolm Dispute it like a man. macduff I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man; I cannot but remember such things were 225 That were most precious to me .
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008
4
How to Save the World in One Fell Swoop
1950: The world needs saving and the little savior is born, Erica Bennetta gentle spirit who has the laws of goodness and life everlasting written on her heart.
Linda Difranco, 2009
5
Incomplete Category Fronting: A Derivational Approach to ...
The numeration of a derivation of (102) in one fell swoop would, in contrast, necessarily lack the relevant features that are checked in the embedded SpecC positions; otherwise, it would not converge. Therefore, at first sight it seems as though ...
Gereon Müller, 1998
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Daniel Dennett
A theory about the structure oflanguage that requires that the whole structure came into being in one fell swoop would therefore have to be rejected. A theory that the mind is an immaterial entity leaves no place for intermediate, partial minds, ...
David Thompson, 2009
7
The Christological Controversy
In one fell swoop the firstborn of the Egyptians perished. The first conceived, the firstborn, the desired one, the pampered one, was beaten to the ground — the firstborn not only of human beings but also of the irrational animals. (27) On the ...
Richard Alfred Norris, 1980
8
Biography of the Bible: Its Character, Authorship, Text, ...
Biography of the Bible presents the remarkable story of how this book came to be.
Ernest Sutherland Bates, 2009
9
What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?
This is not a book of romantic idealism. It is a factual account of the raw material that makes or breaks the man. Don't miss the compelling read that Birney Jarvis thrusts upon us.
Birney Jarvis, 2008
10
Commentary on the Twelve Prophets
By three he does not refer to number in this case, either:94 since from Joshua, son of Jehozadak, up to those times they were shepherded by upright chief priests, I shall bring to an end (he is saying) all those upright priests in one fell swoop, ...
Theodore (Bishop of Mopsuestia), 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE FELL SWOOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term one fell swoop is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cabinet meeting at Lissadell
In one fell swoop, a low-flying drone, a ballistic missile, or even an intelligent seagull with a device between its beak could explode the myth of ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
AT&T gets DirecTV and becomes biggest provider of TV bundles
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- AT&T completed its acquisition of DirecTV on Friday, and with one fell swoop it became the country's biggest ... «FoxReno.com, Jul 15»
3
Clausen: New inequity of $15 fast-food wage
The governor could not say in one fell swoop, 'I'm going to raise the wages of all workers.' That politically would not pass muster. He's just ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
IT jobs market exploding in Ireland
The bulk of these came in one fell swoop from Pramerica, with the company announcing 330 new roles to coincide with the development of a ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Jul 15»
5
Hulk Hogan's positive message now rings hollow
In one fell swoop he went from a legendary figure that everyone could love to a man that not even WWE, a company that still makes money off ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
India needs China's 3D-printing construction technology right now
By employing 3D-printing to pre-fabricate homes, these issues can be tackled in one fell swoop. Zhouda Group, the Chinese firm behind the ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
7
Event to Mark Three Years Since Sinkhole Devastated Bayou Corne
The Bayou Corne Sinkhole is now famous, especially for the viral videos that feature the sinkhole devouring entire trees in one fell swoop. «NOLA Defender, Jul 15»
8
DC's Age of the Megaproject
It will reconnect modern DC to the L'Enfant Plan, bridging the East End and Capitol Hill in one fell swoop. DC's Age of the Megaproject. «Bisnow, Jul 15»
9
If They're Serious About Meeting Climate Ambitions, the Goverment …
But cutting the subsidies now will damage, or even destroy, the young sector in one fell swoop. Government's pro-business, and pro-jobs ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
10
Foothill program opens doors for more than its students
The challenge was to create a single device that is printed in one fell swoop, requiring no assembly. Puerta and Camelo had to tweak their ... «Palo Alto Online, Jul 15»

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