tout d'un coup

      French

      Adverb

      tout d'un coup

      1. all of a sudden; suddenly; abruptly
      2. (archaic) in one fell swoop, all at once
        Il faut tout d'un coup voir la chose d'un seul regard, et non pas par progrès de raisonnement. One must see the thing all at once at a single glance, and not by a process of reasoning. (Pascal, Pensées)

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