one stroke; one action or event with many results

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Definition of one stroke; one action or event with many results in English English dictionary

one fell swoop

they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.

Hyphenation

one stroke; one ac·tion or e·vent with ma·ny results