in a flash

phrase

informal

: very quickly or suddenly

I'll be back in a flash.

The idea came to me in a flash.

Examples of in a flash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hundreds of firefighters, relatives and community residents filled a college arena for a funeral service for a Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons who were killed in a flash flood while on a camping trip. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026

The light provides a kind of neutrality, washing me from a monster back into a mother in a flash—just another harried woman who is running a little late. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Vava, Brazil vs Sweden, 1958 (first goal) Tremendous stuff out wide from Garrincha, who goes from 0-60 in a flash before firing in a low cross that Vava converts from three yards. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The first 100,000 tickets were sold in a flash, but the museum says more batches will go on sale progressively, so stay tuned. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Rhymes for in a flash

• calabash
• ash
• bash
• brash
• cache
• cash
• clash
• crash
• dash
• gash
• hash
• lash