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  1. (idiom) One stroke; one action or event with many results.
Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in .
    • 1605: What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme At one fell swoope? " William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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    Etymology: After Shakespeare (see quotation below).

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