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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

At one sweep

Hi,

1) “My mom only wanted to paint the bedroom, but the bathroom and the hallway also needed a bit of freshening-up, so we decided to do it all at one sweep.”

I found a reference to ‘at one sweep’ in the online cambridge dictionary but not anywhere else.

Would you say that it’s a legitimate phrase?

2) “Nike’s trying to boost its/their promotion.” Is it true that both are correct?

Thank you.

  

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Ann225 I found a reference to ‘at one sweep’ in the online cambridge dictionary but not anywhere else. I couldn't find it. Ann225 Would you say that it’s a legitimate phrase?

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  • Ann225 I found a reference to ‘at one sweep’ in the online cambridge dictionary but not anywhere else.
  • I couldn't find it.
  • Ann225 Would you say that it’s a legitimate phrase?
  • I would not.
  • It's new to me.
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Ann225I found a reference to ‘at one sweep’ in the online cambridge dictionary but not anywhere else.

I couldn't find it.

Ann225Would you say that it’s a legitimate phrase?

I would not. It's new to me. My fellow Ameicans might say "all at the same time" or "all in one go" or even "in one fell swoop", to use a word

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1. You might say, for example: "My mom only..., so we decided to do it all in one shebang/fell swoop."


2. You might say, for example: "Nike's trying to boost sales with this promotion."

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Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition on CD-ROM, v. 4.0, Oxford University Press, 2009) says this:

"at one sweep" or "at a sweep": with a single blow or stroke.


Giving also the examples:

1834 L. Ritchie Wand. Seine 96 "Seventeen persons were drowned by the bar at one sweep."

1870 Burton Hist. Scot. (1873) VI. lxxii. 256 "The Tables resolved to take them at one

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