in a flash
idiom
informal
: very quickly or suddenly
I'll be back in a flash.
The idea came to me in a flash.
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Xabi Alonso tried to press him as the ball arrived, but he was gone in a flash.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The previous day, there had been a tragedy in Texas, in which young girls at a summer camp had drowned in a flash flood.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Sax worked tirelessly on his baseball craft, growing from a 5-foot-3, 105-pound high school freshman into a brick, relentlessly honing his skills and driven by the the fear that his career could be over in a flash.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
That fateful robbery, first teased in a flash-forward during the premiere, is doomed from the start.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The previous day, there had been a tragedy in Texas, in which young girls at a summer camp had drowned in a flash flood.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Sax worked tirelessly on his baseball craft, growing from a 5-foot-3, 105-pound high school freshman into a brick, relentlessly honing his skills and driven by the the fear that his career could be over in a flash.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
That fateful robbery, first teased in a flash-forward during the premiere, is doomed from the start.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
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“In a flash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20flash. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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