kill two birds with one stone

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: to achieve two things by doing a single action

We can kill two birds with one stone by dropping off the mail when we go to the grocery store.

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Could Zuck be trying to kill two birds with one stone here? —Andy Meek, BGR, 25 Oct. 2021

The agent, hoping to kill two birds with one stone, has Smart hire her to write jokes to update her act. —Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 1 June 2021

In other words, by replacing the balance masses in future missions with a useful payload, NASA is hoping to kill two birds with one stone. —Arvind Suresh (editor), Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2014

As a result, such companies kill two birds with one stone. —Dmytro Lazarchuk, Forbes, 3 June 2022

Last but certainly not least, anyone who is also in search of a new soundbar can kill two birds with one stone today. —Maren Estrada, BGR, 26 Feb. 2021

And Fall was handed the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. —Rebecca Boggs Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023

Hence, Smino takes this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, taking a smoke break outside to finish his matcha latte tea. —Dewayne Gage, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2022

The Group of Seven major economies’ proposal to cap the price of Russian oil is, in theory, an elegant one that can kill two birds with one stone: Curb inflation while minimizing Russia’s oil revenue. —Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 28 June 2022

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