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in the blink of an eye

in the blink of an eye prepositional phrase: immediately, instantaneously.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Immediately, instantaneously.
    • Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.2013 October 19, Ben Smith, BBC Sport

in the blink of an eye meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Tagalog and Arabic

in the blink of an eye in Hindi

immediately, instantaneously
पलक झपकते palak jhapakte

in the blink of an eye in Malayalam

immediately, instantaneously
വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന് vaḷareppeṭṭenn

in the blink of an eye in Tagalog

immediately, instantaneously
sa isang iglap

in the blink of an eye in Arabic

immediately, instantaneously
أسرع من الطرف ʔasraʕa mann al-ṭaraf
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in the blink of an eye in Thai
ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว

Synonyms of in the blink of an eye

Questions about in the blink of an eye

What does in the blink of an eye mean?
In the blink of an eye means immediately, instantaneously.
What is in the blink of an eye in Hindi?
In the blink of an eye in Hindi is पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte). See In the blink of an eye meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is in the blink of an eye?
In the blink of an eye is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the blink of an eye in the dictionary

  1. in the barrel
  2. in the bed
  3. in the bedroom
  4. in the biblical sense
  5. in the black
  6. in the blink of an eye
  7. in the books
  8. in the bottom of the bag
  9. in the bucket
  10. in the buff
  11. in the business of

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