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one fail swoop

one fail swoop is the misspelling of one fell swoop.

Meaning of one fell swoop

Noun

one fell swoop

  1. (idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.
    • Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop.

Questions about one fail swoop

What is one fail swoop the misspelling of?
One fail swoop is the misspelling of one fell swoop.

Words near one fail swoop in the dictionary

  1. one eighth
  2. one eighty out
  3. one engine in steam
  4. one eyed jack
  5. one eyed jacks
  6. one fail swoop
  7. one fat lady
  8. one fell swoop
  9. one fifth
  10. one finger salute
  11. one finger saluted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: one fail swoop (page history and authors); one fell swoop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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