at one blow
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English
Adverb
at one blow (not comparable)
- With one strike (of a hand, tool, or weapon).
- 1884 [before 1557], Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Margaret Hunt, editors, The Valiant Little Tailor [European folk tale] (Grimm's Household Tales; 1):
- 'There is no lack of strength,' answered the little tailor. 'Dost thou think that could be anything to a man who has struck down seven at one blow?'
- 1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
- [...] also notable is the condemnation of all but one of the nine Stanier 0-4-4 tanks at one blow.
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- “at one blow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.