All of a sudden
All of a sudden adverb - Happening unexpectedly.
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Synonyms for All of a sudden
In one fell swoop and all of a sudden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In one fell swoop" instead an adverb phrase "All of a sudden".
In one fell swoop
All of a sudden and in one fell swoop are semantically related. You can use "All of a sudden" instead an adverb phrase "In one fell swoop".
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Related pairs
- short and all of a sudden
- short and in one fell swoop
- unaware and all of a sudden
- unaware and in one fell swoop
- quickly and all of a sudden
- quickly and in one fell swoop
- swiftly and all of a sudden
- swiftly and in one fell swoop
- sudden and all of a sudden
- sudden and in one fell swoop
- out of the blue and all of a sudden
- out of the blue and in one fell swoop
- abruptly and all of a sudden
- abruptly and in one fell swoop
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