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French
Pronunciation
Adverb
tout d’un coup
- all of a sudden, all at once; suddenly; abruptly
- (archaic) in one fell swoop, all at once
- Pascal, Pensées:
Il faut tout d’un coup voir la chose d’un seul regard, et non pas par progrès de raisonnement.- One must see the thing all at once at a single glance, and not by a process of reasoning.