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

Organizers expect 140,000 fans on race day, and tickets — which were free — were gone in a flash. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The Bears start their preseason schedule Saturday, and the regular season will be here in a flash. — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

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

Rhymes for in a flash

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