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all in |
all in all |
all in the mind |
all inclusive |
all of a sudden
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| all over
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all of a sudden
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial all of a sudden has 2 senses
- all of a sudden(r = adv.all) all at once - without warning; "all at once, he started shouting"
- all of a sudden(r = adv.all) of a sudden, suddenly - happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"
THESAURUS
all of a sudden
abruptly, bang, dash, hastily, impetuously, impulsively, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, of a sudden, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, sharp, short, slap, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, without notice, without warning
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