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- swoop⇄expr. in (or at) one fell swoop, in a single blow or stroke; in one sweeping act.
Ex. No longer are the governments, East or West, under any illusion that they can settle all the problems of the world in one fell swoop (Wall Street Journal). - swoop⇄noun a rapid downward sweep; sudden, swift descent or attack.
Ex. With one swoop the hawk seized the chicken and flew away. Influenza came down upon me with a swoop (Thomas H. Huxley). - swoop⇄noun swooper.
- swoop⇄swoop, verb, noun.
- swoop⇄v.i. 1. to come down with a rush; sweep rapidly down (upon) in a sudden attack.
Ex. The pirates swooped down on the towns. One night the Indians swooped down on an unsuspecting village and burned it.
2. to make a rapid sweeping descent throu - swoop⇄v.t. 1. to snatch.
Ex. She rushed after the child and swooped him up in her arms.
2. (Obsolete.) to sweep (up, away, or off).