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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Dean grumbled and backed off when a long line formed at the theater box office and the concert sold-out in a flash.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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As is tradition, the third season of Mike White’s HBO dramedy opens with a mysterious dead body, shown in a flash forward that takes place one week after the vacationers arrive on the Thai island of Koh Samui.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
This is not something that was cooked up last night and will evaporate in a flash.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Best Amazon Travel Clothing Deals Need new clothes in a flash?
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
As is tradition, the third season of Mike White’s HBO dramedy opens with a mysterious dead body, shown in a flash forward that takes place one week after the vacationers arrive on the Thai island of Koh Samui.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
This is not something that was cooked up last night and will evaporate in a flash.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in a flash
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“In a flash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20flash. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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