in one blow

in one blow

All at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions in one blow.
See also: blow, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • at/in one fell swoop
  • in one fell swoop
  • one fell swoop, in
  • swoop
  • at one fell swoop
  • at a (single) blow
  • at a (single) stroke
  • at a blow
  • at a/one stroke
  • at one stroke