at one sitting

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at one sitting

during a short period of time. A month's supply of that drug taken at one sitting would kill you. I read the book in one sitting and couldn't get to sleep after I finished it.

Etymology: based on a restaurant sitting (= a fixed period when a meal is available)

See also: sitting

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? References in classic literature
Then twelve roasted oxen and twelve tons of bread were brought alongside of the ship, and at one sitting the glutton had devoured it all. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context It's a big thing for a man to have to understand and to decide at one sitting. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context How many more cups of tea shall I drink to-night at one sitting, than Gruff and Tackleton ever took in four, I wonder The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

References in classic literature

Then twelve roasted oxen and twelve tons of bread were brought alongside of the ship, and at one sitting the glutton had devoured it all.

The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context

It's a big thing for a man to have to understand and to decide at one sitting.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

How many more cups of tea shall I drink to-night at one sitting, than Gruff and Tackleton ever took in four, I wonder

The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles View in context

More results

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