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at one blow

at one blow adverb: with one strike (of a hand, tool, or weapon).

Adverb

at one blow (not comparable)

  1. With one strike (of a hand, tool, or weapon).
    • '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?'1884 [before 1557], Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Margaret Hunt, editors, The Valiant Little Tailor [European folk tale] (Grimm's Household Tales; 1)
    • [...] also notable is the condemnation of all but one of the nine Stanier 0-4-4 tanks at one blow.1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115

Questions about at one blow

What does at one blow mean?
At one blow means with one strike (of a hand, tool, or weapon).
What part of speech is at one blow?
At one blow is an adverb.

Words near at one blow in the dictionary

  1. at odd times
  2. at odds
  3. at once
  4. at one
  5. at one blast
  6. at one blow
  7. at one go
  8. at one stroke
  9. at one time
  10. at one time or another
  11. at one's best

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