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at one blow en · ADV

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1. (not-comparable) With one strike (of a hand, tool, or weapon).
   • 'There is no lack of strength,' answered the little tailor. 'Dost thou think that could be anything to a man who has struck down seven at one blow?' 1884 [before 1557], Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Margaret Hunt, editors, The Valiant Little Tailor [European folk tale] (Grimm's Household Tales; 1):
   • [...] also notable is the condemnation of all but one of the nine Stanier 0-4-4 tanks at one blow. 1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:

Relateds

at one stroke · at one blast