"in one foul swoop" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Mondegreen variant of in one fell swoop, where \"fell\" (of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage) is misheard as \"foul\" (disgusting) or \"fowl\" (a bird).",
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      },
      "expansion": "in one foul swoop",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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          "name": "English eggcorns",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915 November 18, The Labor Call, page 10",
          "text": "The acquiescence of the party as the result of hasty and immature deliberation, is indicative of a supreme contempt of comrades, and vitiates in one foul swoop the conditions that regulate the movement.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 22",
          "text": "All their suspicions had evaporated in one foul swoop by Neil's announcement, and was now confirmed by a document that if they signed, asked them to become trustees of Neil's charity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, BJ Harvey, One Shot, page 59",
          "text": "I need to get it all out at once, inflicting the damage in one foul swoop before facing the fallout left in my wake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke."
      ],
      "id": "en-in_one_foul_swoop-en-prep_phrase-eSCW0FVe",
      "links": [
        [
          "Achieved",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, proscribed) (Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in one foul swoop"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Mondegreen variant of in one fell swoop, where \"fell\" (of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage) is misheard as \"foul\" (disgusting) or \"fowl\" (a bird).",
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        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "in one foul swoop",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English eggcorns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "English proscribed terms",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915 November 18, The Labor Call, page 10",
          "text": "The acquiescence of the party as the result of hasty and immature deliberation, is indicative of a supreme contempt of comrades, and vitiates in one foul swoop the conditions that regulate the movement.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 22",
          "text": "All their suspicions had evaporated in one foul swoop by Neil's announcement, and was now confirmed by a document that if they signed, asked them to become trustees of Neil's charity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, BJ Harvey, One Shot, page 59",
          "text": "I need to get it all out at once, inflicting the damage in one foul swoop before facing the fallout left in my wake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Achieved",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, proscribed) (Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in one foul swoop"
}