at once

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   at the same time

2. Oxford30% of films

   immediately; without delay

3. Editorial10% of films

   suddenly; all of a sudden

In the movies · 119

• They're bound to find out about this place too. You must get away at once.The Pianist2002
• -Yes, Margaret. -Come upstairs at once, Mummy.Brief Encounter1945
• It'll have to be amputated at once!Lifeboat1944
• Come at once.Captain Marvel2019
• We'll leave at once.Mulan II2004
• Return to barracks at once.The Pale Blue Eye2022
• We must go at once.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• Fare ye will at once.Twelfth Night2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• all at once
• for once
• going once, going twice, sold
• once again
• once a…, always a
• once and for all
• once bitten, twice shy
• once in a blue moon
• once in a while
• once or twice
• once too often
• once upon a time

More idioms

• of course not
• not bad
• know what you're talking about
• these days
• for sure
• be out of your mind
• pretty much
• in the way
• you're welcome
• at a time
• have no idea
• thank god