as quickly as it appeared
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5.0
- idiom
:
tan rápido como apareció
- The magician's illusion amazed the audience, but the trick vanished as quickly as it appeared.
Examples
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The rainbow appeared after the rainstorm, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared.
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There was a certain novelty to seeing displays overwhelmed with merch, but even that began to fade almost as quickly as it appeared.
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The excitement of the surprise party faded away as quickly as it appeared.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stop being seen or to no longer be there
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2.7
Very quickly and without warning
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3.0
Disappear suddenly and completely for no clear reason
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4.2
Happening suddenly without any warning
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7.1
Happens quickly and without warning
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3.0
To appear for a very short time
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3.3
Very quickly, in almost no time
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2.5
Very quickly in a single moment
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6.3
Disappear completely with no trace left
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5.8
Suddenly with no clear reason, like magic
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4.4
To vanish suddenly with no trace
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8.4
Suddenly disappears without a clear reason
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3.5
Very quickly, in an instant
Antonyms
How Quickly
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Surface Forms
Morphology
as + quickly + as + it + appear
The phrase compares the speed of disappearance to the speed of appearance: knowing 'as', 'quickly', and 'appear(ed)', a B1 learner can infer that something vanishes as fast as it came into view. The 'as ... as' comparative construction is common and compositionally regular in English (and cross-linguistically familiar), so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
As quickly as it appeared paints a picture of something that appeared suddenly and was gone just as fast. Think of a rainbow or a flash of light: it arrives and 'disappears' in a moment, so the phrase means to 'disappear' or stop almost immediately.