on a sudden
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (obsolete) all of a sudden; suddenly
- 1667, John Milton, “Book Expression error: Unrecognized word "viii".”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, line 900:
- How are thou loſt, how on a ſudden loſt,
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- On a sudden he was aware of a man linking along at his side. He cried a fine night, and the man replied.