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See: IN A FLASH also IN A TRICE.

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in a trice

[in a trice] See: [IN A FLASH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in a flash

[in a flash] also [in a trice] {adv. phr.} Very suddenly. * /We were watching the bird eat the crumbs; then I sneezed, and he was gone in a flash./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[flash in the pan] {n. phr.}, {slang} A person or thing that starts out well but does not continue. * /The new quarterback was a flash in the pan./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[flash card] {n.} A card with numbers or words on it that is used in teaching, a class. * /The teacher used flash cards to drill the class in addition./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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