"in no time" meaning in English

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Adverb

  1. Tags: no-gloss Synonyms: before you can say Jack Robinson, in a flash, in a jiffy, in a trice, in no time, in nothing flat, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, overnight Related terms: immediately, moment
    Sense id: en-in_no_time-en-adv-47DEQpj8

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in no time.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in no time, {{en-PP}} in no time
  1. (idiomatic) Very soon. Tags: idiomatic Translations (very soon): en un tres i no res (Catalan), hned (Czech), okamžitě (Czech), raz dva (Czech), coby dup (Czech), in ijltempo (Dutch), in een mum van tijd (Dutch), tuota pikaa (Finnish), en un rien de temps (French), decontado (Galician), im Nu (German), in einem Nu (German), in null Komma nichts (German), azonnal (Hungarian), máris (Hungarian), nyomban (Hungarian), rögtön (Hungarian), egy szempillantás alatt (Hungarian), seperc alatt (Hungarian), migiem (Polish), w mgnieniu oka (Polish), într-o clipă (Romanian), en cero coma (Spanish), en un santiamén (Spanish), på nolltid (Swedish), anında (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-in_no_time-en-prep_phrase-LT6aoVhY Disambiguation of 'very soon': 71 29
  2. (idiomatic) Very quickly. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in a flash
    Sense id: en-in_no_time-en-prep_phrase-Y~EAF1h0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in no time flat, in nothing flat
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