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swoop

გამოთქმა: /swuːp/

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • a swooping or snatching movement or action:four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes

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Universal
  • (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air:the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness the aircraft swooped in to land
  • carry out a sudden attack, especially in order to make a capture or arrest:armed police swooped on a flat after a tip-off
  • [with object] informal seize with a sweeping motion:she swooped up the hen in her arms

at (or in) one fell swoop

see fell4.

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