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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 at a blow
 一擊,一舉,一下子

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Blow, n.
 1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
    Well struck ! there was blow for blow.   --Shak.
 2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
    A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].   --T. Arnold.
 3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
    A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.   --Shak.
 At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. “They lose a province at a blow.” --Dryden.
 To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations.
 Syn: -- Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.