At once
At once adverb - Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.
While back and at once are semantically related. In some cases you can use "While back" instead an adverb phrase "At once".
While back
At once and while back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "At once" instead an adverb phrase "While back".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- May and Clarkson set two records at once a while back; the first to reach the north pole by truck, and the first man ever to reach the north pole, who didn't want to be there.
Source: Consolation World Record
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