at one fell swoop
41swoop — /swoohp/, v.i. 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, esp. down upon prey. 2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town. v.t. 3. to take, lift, scoop up …
42swoop — n. stroke at one fell swoop ( at one time ) * * * [swuːp] [ stroke ] at one fell swoop ( at one time ) …
43swoop — /swup / (say swoohp) verb (i) 1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey. –noun 2. the act of swooping; a sudden, swift descent. –phrase 3. at (or in) one fell swoop, in a single action or coordinated series of… …
44swoop — swoop1 [swu:p] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: swope [i] to sweep (11 19 centuries), from Old English swapan; SWEEP1] 1.) if a bird or aircraft swoops, it moves suddenly down through the air, especially in order to attack something ▪ The eagle… …
45fell — 1 the past tense of fall 1 2 noun (C) a mountain or hill in the north of England 3 verb (T) 1 to cut down a tree 2 to knock someone down with great force 4 adjective at /in one fell swoop doing a lot of things at the same time, using only one… …
46swoop — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by down) descend rapidly like a bird of prey. 2 intr. (often foll. by on) make a sudden attack from a distance. 3 tr. (often foll. by up) colloq. snatch the whole of at one swoop. n. a swooping or snatching… …
47fell — [[t]fe̱l[/t]] fells, felling, felled 1) Fell is the past tense of fall. 2) VERB: usu passive If trees are felled, they are cut down. [be V ed] Badly infected trees should be felled and burned. 3) VERB If you fell someone, you knock them down, for …
48fell — I. /fɛl / (say fel) verb past tense of fall. II. /fɛl / (say fel) verb (t) 1. to cause to fall; knock, strike, or cut down: to fell an animal; to fell a tree. 2. Sewing to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat. –noun 3 …
49swoop — 1 verb (I) 1 if a bird or aircraft swoops it moves suddenly and steeply down through the air, especially to attack something (+ in/down etc): The hawk swooped and seized a rabbit. 2 to make a sudden, surprise attack (+ in/on etc): Police swooped… …
50swoop — [swuːp] verb [I] I 1) to move quickly and suddenly downwards through the air in order to attack something 2) to attack a place suddenly and unexpectedly II noun [C] swoop [swuːp] 1) a quick sudden movement downwards through the air 2) a sudden… …
