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all of a sudden

  1. Entirely without warning, abruptly, as in All of a sudden the lights went out. In Shakespeare's day the common phrase was of a sudden, the word all being added in the late 1600s. Also see all at once, def. 2.



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And you start to feel very, very lonely all of a sudden.

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Then all of a sudden it’s, “Oh, it’s a hit, 22 episodes next season.”

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“Imagine living in that house with Henry all of a sudden after the season that she had,” Abela says, laughing.

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But, all of a sudden, a cohort of Scottish pensioners – who don't get pension credit, but whose income is below that £35,000 threshold – are getting less than their English/Welsh equivalents.

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“I was reading a book and all of a sudden the word ‘indómita’ appeared,” says Belinda in an audio call from her home in Mexico City.

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