at one stroke
1
4.7
- idiom
:
de un solo golpe
- At one stroke, the team secured both a championship title and a lucrative sponsorship.
- solve all problems at one stroke
Examples
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If we are worried about how mental states stand to that which is not any sort of mental state, then the idealist claim that there just is no realm of the extramental removes at one stroke all of our concerns.
Academic text (2017) -
He's evened the odds at one stroke!
Fiction book (1995) -
And now, that which would give Artie happiness would at one stroke rob him of both wife and son!
Fiction book (1996) -
At one stroke, about 80 percent of potential cyclists are pushed aside in favor of the racing commuter trying to make up some time.
Blog text (17) -
The image, which depends upon a delicately calibrated interrelation of parts, was planned and painted as if it were to be perceived at one stroke.
Academic text (1993) -
The governments of Eastern Europe would be wise to abandon any thought of valuating and selling off firms piecemeal; instead, they should avoid valuation altogether and privatize at one stroke through some form of widespread distribution of shares.
Academic text (1991) -
At one stroke, the system relieved the country of a crushing financial burden and stabilized the currency, thereby initiating an era of unprecedented capital investment and economic growth.
Academic text (1993) -
The new policy will improve healthcare for many people at one stroke.
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She managed to complete her degree and get a job at one stroke.
Synonyms
344
1.0
Immediately without delay
330
1.0
Right away without any delay
43
2.1
Happening at the same time
32
2.5
Happening at the same time
14
7.6
A single sudden action that happens all at once
10
3.2
To finish something all at once without taking a break
4
3.4
All at once without stopping
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'one' (a single unit) + 'stroke' (a single motion or blow) with 'at' indicating manner/time, yielding 'by a single action'. This construction maps onto common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. Spanish 'de un solo golpe', French 'd'un seul coup'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom at one stroke comes from the simple image of one strong movement, like a single stroke of a pen, brush, or sword that does something in one go. So saying something happened at one stroke means it was done 'all at once' with one action.