in a heartbeat

Meaning

in a heartbeat

(idiomatic) Without hesitation or reservation; at once.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

New York minute all of a sudden in no time

Antonyms

lazily torpidly statically languidly latently inertly
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Examples

We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat. David Gemmell

God, I love the "fine morality" of the wealthy and powerful. You'll spill tears over your own, in a heartbeat. And then never even look twice at people below you, whose very lives are ground under every day, day after day, year after year. David Weber

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. Lynn Abbey

This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it. Cormac McCarthy

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat. Amanda Peet

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy. Jason Alexander

Words in the phrase

in a heartbeat

Close letter words and terms

in a hassle in a haughty manner in a heap in a heartfelt way in a heat in a heavy manner