at once

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at once

1. immediately. They were told to leave the building at once.

2. at the same time. Everything happened at once, so I didn't have time to ask for advice.

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"Girls," said Meg seriously, looking from the tumbled head beside her to the two little night-capped ones in the room beyond, "Mother wants us to read and love and mind these books, and we must begin at once. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context He drank his tea all at once and put down the cup. My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context It was some utter nonsense; some adventure out there in the water, and they both tried to relate it at once. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context More results

References in classic literature

"Girls," said Meg seriously, looking from the tumbled head beside her to the two little night-capped ones in the room beyond, "Mother wants us to read and love and mind these books, and we must begin at once.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

He drank his tea all at once and put down the cup.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

It was some utter nonsense; some adventure out there in the water, and they both tried to relate it at once.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context

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