blink of an eye

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blink of an eye (usually uncountable, plural blinks of an eye)

  1. (idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
    Synonyms: bat of an eye, eyeblink; see also Thesaurus:moment
    Just a blink of an eye later, he was gone.
    • 2002, Iron & Wine (lyrics and music), “Upward Over the Mountain”, in The Creek Drank the Cradle:
      Mother, remember the blink of an eye / When I breathed through your body?
    • 2020, “Ready For More”, in Open up your head, performed by Sea Girls:
      In the blink of an eye it just all slips away

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