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at one sitting

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at one sitting

During one uninterrupted period of time. Our teenage sons can finish a whole turkey at one sitting. How much research can you get done at one sitting?

See also: one, sitting

at one sitting

also in one sitting

during a short period of time A month's supply of that drug taken at one sitting would kill you. I read the book in one sitting and couldn't get to sleep after I finished it.

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at/in one sitting

if you do something at one sitting, you do it during one period of time without stopping I read the whole book in one sitting.

See also: one, sitting