quick as a flash

idiom

informal

: very quickly

The waitress brought our order (as) quick as a flash.

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And, quick as a flash, the first wave of digital fashion marketplaces have already arrived, with sites including Replicant, The Dematerialised and DressX offering varied but still somewhat limited functionality. —

CNN, 15 Dec. 2021

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