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in a brace of shakes

in a brace of shakes prepositional phrase: synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”).

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”).
    Synonyms:
    in two shakes

Synonyms of in a brace of shakes

Questions about in a brace of shakes

What does in a brace of shakes mean?
In a brace of shakes means synonym of in two shakes (“very quickly; without delay”).
What part of speech is in a brace of shakes?
In a brace of shakes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a brace of shakes in the dictionary

  1. in a big way
  2. in a bind
  3. in a blink
  4. in a body
  5. in a box
  6. in a brace of shakes
  7. in a bubble
  8. in a canter
  9. in a cleft stick
  10. in a corner
  11. in a couple of shakes

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