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in the twinkling of an eye

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in the twinkling of an eye and in the wink of an eye
Fig. very quickly. In the twinkling of an eye, the deer had disappeared into the forest. I gave Bill ten dollars and, in the twinkling of an eye, he spent it.
See also: eye

in the twinkling of an eye
if something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly This machine will do all the calculations in the twinkling of an eye.
See also: eye

in the twinkling of an eye
very quickly This machine will do all the calculations in the twinkling of an eye.
See also: eye


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Then they dressed themselves in the twinkling of an eye, and danced and capered and sprang about, as merry as could be; till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the green.
He executed the order in the twinkling of an eye, and unrolling a piece of tappa, displayed to my astonished gaze the identical pumps which I thought had been destroyed long before.
The tree that has been getting a twist for twenty years cannot be straightened in the twinkling of an eye.
 
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