in a heartbeat
idiom
US, informal
: in a very brief time : without any delay or hesitation
Even though the job was difficult, he says he'd agree to do it again in a heartbeat.
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Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
So much so that when Kevin Durant wanted out of Brooklyn last season, the Nets swapped him for Bridges and Cam Johnson in a heartbeat.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
Any team would take that production in a heartbeat.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Questions will in a heartbeat go from truly profound to utterly frivolous.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
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Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
So much so that when Kevin Durant wanted out of Brooklyn last season, the Nets swapped him for Bridges and Cam Johnson in a heartbeat.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
Any team would take that production in a heartbeat.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Questions will in a heartbeat go from truly profound to utterly frivolous.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
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