in a flash

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Instantaneously; veryquickly; in almost no time.Synonyms:fulgurant,fast as lightning,lightning fast,lightning-quick,quick as a flash,quick as a flash,lightning fastIt happened so fast that it was all overin a flash.1987, “Sri Ramanasramam Charities”, inMountain Path‎[1], volume24, page152:Therefore its completeness, though instantaneous, was total. His realisation wasin a flash, but it did not vanish like a flash.2017,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Bad Dad, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:“I bet you want to come and live here in this big house in the lap of luxury with me and Biggie, don’t you?”“NO,” replied the boyin a flash.

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