in one blow
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You and your wife should see a financial planner, who can help you ensure that she has enough to live on and will not spend all of her savings in one blow.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2022
He demanded the resignations of all governors and cabinet ministers, and announced that nobody who had served in those capacities could do so again, thereby alienating fifty or so political veterans in one blow.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016
Bane's a big brute, and it takes about 15 shots to deliver what he can do in one blow, so Batman had to be less aggressive, more clever.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012
The mongoose’s quick reflexes help it dodge the cobra’s defensive bite, and its powerful jaws can dispatch a snake in one blow.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2010
Thus in one blow Elizabeth had been saved from typical English digs, while I looked forward to a lessening of my stomach pains.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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