before could blink

before somebody could blink

very quickly or suddenly Before you could blink, he'd grabbed the purse and was halfway down the street.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Amadeo	-	Italian
Lilac	LIE-lək	English (Rare)
Poornima	-	Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi
MÁRta	-	Hungarian
Gloria	GLAWR-ee-ə (English), glo-REE-ah (Italian), GLAW-ryah (Polish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish
Juozapas	-	Lithuanian