Idiom
all at once
Meaning
Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The lights went out all at once.”
“The rain started falling all at once, so we ran inside to stay dry.”
“The silence of the library was broken all at once when the heavy wooden door slammed shut.”
Examples
simple
“The lights went out all at once.”
contextual
“The rain started falling all at once, so we ran inside to stay dry.”
complex
“The silence of the library was broken all at once when the heavy wooden door slammed shut.”
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