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swoop

  [swoop] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, esp. down upon prey.
2. to come down upon something in a sudden, swift attack (often fol. by down and on or upon): The army swooped down on the town.
–verb (used with object)
3. to take, lift, scoop up, or remove with or as with one sweeping motion (often fol. by up, away, or off): He swooped her up in his arms.
–noun
4. an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
—Idiom
5. at or in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by one blow: The quake flattened the houses at one fell swoop.
Origin:
1535–45; var. (with close ō) of ME swopen, OE swāpan to sweep 1 ; c. G schweifen

Synonyms:
4. dive, plunge, sweep, drop.
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swoop   (swōōp)   
v.   swooped, swoop·ing, swoops

v.   intr.

  1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey.

  2. To make a rush or an attack with or as if with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down: The children swooped down on the pile of presents.

v.   tr.
To seize or snatch in or as if in a sudden sweeping movement.
n.  The act or an instance of swooping.

[Middle English swopen, to sweep along, from Old English swāpan, to sweep, swing.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

swoop 
1566, "to move or walk in a stately manner," apparently from a fial. survival of O.E. swapan "to sweep, brandish, dash," from P.Gmc. *swaipanan, from PIE base *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn." Meaning "pounce upon with a sweeping movement" first recorded 1638. Spelling with -oo- may have been influenced by Scot. and northern England dial. soop "to sweep," from O.N. sopa "to sweep." The noun is attested from 1544. Phrase one fell swoop is from Shakespeare.
"Oh, Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme, At one fell swoope?" ["Macbeth," IV.iii.219]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

swoop

see one fell swoop.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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